I have seen many changes over the year and a half I’ve been on Isle au Haut. Families have come and gone. Isle au Haut’s inn (The Keeper’s House) changed hands and reopened. The island’s store also saw a shakeup in management. Some people are spending more time escaping to Florida or Arizona for the
Film, discussion on ocean acidification in Belfast
Today’s ‘logical’ house
In June, Lisa Dellwo and William Schlesinger will move into their new 1,400-squarefoot two-bedroom house in North Lubec. G-O Logic of Belfast designed the building to meet passive house standards, with the building oriented on the site for optimum solar gain, as well as with to scale. Tight and super-insulated throughout, the house will be
Powerless–a kind of March madness
Our stormy winter blended into a wet windy spring in the Cranberry Isles. Like most places, we experienced a few power outages, but throughout the winter they were the result of electricity being cut off on the mainland rather than any island specific damages. When the lights go out on the islands, one of the
Evaporated and condensed is underappreciated
Growing up in the early 1950s, visiting at my gram’s house, I was accustomed to seeing a can of evaporated milk on the table that the grownups put into their coffee. Those days, my gram, Mom and Dad, and lots of my other relatives always used instant coffee. My gram let me have a taste
Stonington woman wants to help ‘Chix Who Fish’
STONINGTON — It was one of those cold, miserable days out on the water shortly before Christmas, and Genevieve Kurilec McDonald was fed up with her fishing rain gear. Because she has never been able to find a coat with the right length of sleeve in nine years of lobstering, McDonald was wearing one with
Maine flavor–local food, wild drinks
Fresh from Maine: Recipes and Stories from the State’s Best Chefs. Text by Michael S. Sanders and photographs by Russell French. Published by Table Arts Media, 2012. Author Michael Sanders attempts the nearly impossible, capturing 24 au courant Maine restaurants in a kind of freeze frame, knowing that “change comes to the business of cooking
Working the land keeps Dan Tutor grounded on Islesboro
ISLESBORO — Busy summers with lots of hard work, quiet winters that offer time for recreation and reflection—it’s the rhythm of island life and it suits Dan Tutor just fine. Tutor, 29, is a sixth-generation Islesboro resident on his mother’s side. He isn’t stuck on the island by chance or circumstance, he explains over a
Vinalhaven carpenter leaves his mark
VINALHAVEN — Just like many of his neighbors, Charlie Reidy sees evidence of his work when he takes a boat ride around the island. But it’s not lobster buoys he’s seeing. “I built that addition there,” he’ll think to himself, “I did that dormer. I redid the roof on that house…” It gives Reidy, 47,
A trip that brought these veterans home
VINALHAVEN — It was a trip Leonard “Buddy” Skoog knew he was making for those who couldn’t. “Even though I was very flattered and felt very welcomed,” said the World War II naval aviator, “my thoughts were, ‘This was not just for you, Buddy. This was for all the boys that never had a welcome