From the Deck: DISCOVERY 1607

I stepped into the shop of The Boothbay Harbor Shipyard to see how their replica of DISCOVERY was coming on. I walked around her at floor level. She looked massive with double-sawn frames of angelique and two-inch planking of wana. She is partly planked from the deck down and from the garboards up. I could

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Gary Comer – A Rememberance

Gary Comer, who died Oct. 4, 2006 after a long battle with cancer, will be remembered mostly for his phenomenal entrepreneurial success in founding and building Lands’ End into a worldwide brand. But from his boyhood days in Chicago, Comer harbored a passion for the sea and for remote places, especially islands and the frozen

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Institute Opens Portland Office

Institute vice president Peter Ralston (left) and community services director Chris Wolff (right) celebrate the opening of the Island Institute’s new Portland office at 305 Commercial Street. With them is Barbara Hoppin of Peaks Island, who attended the opening party on Sept. 28 along with an enthusiastic crowd of Institute members and staff, Casco Bay

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North Haven embarks on affordable housing

With a two-acre lot donated by a local resident, $25,000 in locally raised funds and a matching grant from the Islands Challenge Fund, the members of North Haven Sustainable Housing (NHSH) are ready to start construction on an energy efficient, affordable home. Beginning in 2004, NHSH, an all-volunteer community group, saw the need for year-round

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Weather fails to dampen Librarians Visits

Despite forecasts of heavy rain and wind, 14 island librarians and board members braved the elements and visited the libraries on North Haven and Vinalhaven on Oct. 2. Luckily, the weather held, and the librarians were treated to an excellent and information-filled day. Getting around on the islands produced a large community effort. On North

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