Five years ago John Hathaway came up with one of his many ideas. He had started a lobster shack in Kennebunkport — the building was only 600 square feet — to have all five of his children together in summer and in so doing discovered that people didn’t like, as he said, “the mess and
The mighty cod
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
Canada gets “revolutionary overhaul”of NAFO procedures
Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Minister Loyola Hearn came away from the September annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) with major reforms that some media reports described as having “teeth.” At issue during the session in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, was the problem of foreign overfishing on the Grand Banks, and media reports also
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
Cranberry Report: An Island Rises to the Occasion
October has been a month of sparkling weather. The clear skies on October 6 provided an excellent opportunity to watch the rise of the full Hunter’s Moon. Those who were here for the long weekend were rewarded with beautiful days of fall sunshine. The Columbus Day weekend has become a time for families with summer
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
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
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
FREYA departs Vinalhaven for “the adventure of a lifetime”
It was foggy, rainy and windy on Sept. 24th when Vinalhaven vocational education teacher Mark Jackson and one of his students, Philip Hopkins, set off on the 30-foot steel sloop Freya for the first six-week leg of a four-leg trip down and up the east coast. Crewmembers will change in the Chesapeake Bay area and