The CEO of U.S. based beauty products company says a multi-million dollar offer to buy out the Canadian seal hunt on the East Coast still stands, although the Canadian federal government initially refused her offer. Cathy Kangas, founder of PRAI Beauty in New Canaan, CT, recently told a Prince Edward Island newspaper she is still
Winsor Music ensemble to perfrom on Swan’s Island
On Friday, Nov. 3 from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Swan’s Island School, three members of Winsor Music, one of the Northeast’s premier chamber music ensembles, will present a free, interactive children’s music program. Students and teachers from the Frenchboro and Islesford schools will also participate, and any other interested island teachers and their students
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: When a marine mammal is a fish
Governments, like human beings, are contradictory entities. Consider the seal. Seals are the same animals in the eastern United States as in eastern Canada, but their treatment in each country is completely different. In the U.S. seals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) of 1972, and every effort is made to protect
Birdsacre: Ellsworth sanctuary is getting big-boxed in
While Stan Richmond has been shingling roofs at the Birdsacre Stanwood Wildlife Sanctuary in Ellsworth, he’s had a bird’s-eye view of the symptoms of development around the sanctuary. Every morning, Richmond can spy a two-way traffic jam in front of the 200-acre bird-rehabilitation center. Traffic bottlenecks on Route 3 daily as a result of the
Trawler: A Journey Through the North Atlantic
First Vintage Departures Edition, January 2006 339 pages, $14.95 Quotes that can’t be reported in a family newspaper Scientist and author Redmond O’Hanlon is not new to adventure — he has written books about challenging the wilds of Borneo, Amazonia and the Congo — but he’s new to the sea. His most recent book, Trawler;
Swan’s Island Fisherman’s Cooperative Holds Annual Dinner
The Swan’s Island Fishermen’s Cooperative held its annual lobster dinner for the fishermen and their families in August. Traditionally the men cook the lobsters and the steamers that are served, and family members bring salads and desserts. Belinda Doliber, whose husband, Benjamin, sells his catch at the co-op, said the event is a nice way
Tidal power proposals proliferate along Maine’s coast
A company incorporated in Wyoming and headquartered in Washington, D.C., has proposed to use the tides in the Penobscot, Kennebec and Piscataqua rivers to generate electricity. Maine Tidal Energy Company (METidal) has proposed to construct clusters of “Tidal In Stream Energy Conversion” devices, consisting of 20- to 50-foot rotating propeller blades anchored to the river
Fresh Maine Salads: Innovative Recipes from Appetizers to Desserts
Camden ME: Down East Books, 2006. Salads for Four Seasons It’s fall, and about now your garden may have pooped out for the year, producing its last oversized zucchini, gaggle of arugula or bunch of basil. But the recipes in this book speak to all seasons, emphasizing the preference for local provenance whenever possible. As
Suburban Safari: A Year on the Lawn
Bloomsbury 2005 Worlds Within Worlds Anyone who reads this book can’t look at their backyard the same ever again. Crows take on a new meaning, squirrels gain respect, earthworms (a European immigrant) fascinate, and slugs, well, they remain slugs. There are worlds within worlds around the tomato plants, the bird feeder and the lawn. In
Rockport Film School Up for Sale
The International Film and Photographic Workshops (WWF Sept. 06) and Rockport College are up for sale. Workshops founder and owner David Lyman announced the sale on the school’s website this past month. Since its inception 33 years ago in the basement of Rockport’s Union Hall, the organization has grown to include more than 300 annual