In the early 1990s, secession was a hot topic. Secession bills were submitted to the Maine Legislature from Cushing, Great Diamond, Long and Peaks islands to leave the City of Portland. Two coastal neighborhoods of Biddeford also filed bills. Only Long Island succeeded, becoming its own town on July 1, 1993. The flurry of bills
One Man’s View A lobster dealer shares his opinions – and a few secrets
“The lobster business is very complicated: what anybody says is right, depending on how you look at it,” says Portland lobster dealer Peter McAleney. The president of the Maine Lobster Dealers Association, McAleney owns and operates New Meadows Lobster, at the end of the Portland Pier, practically next door to DiMillo’s on Commercial Street in
More Sandy Oliver!
To the editor: I write to tell you how much I enjoy the Working Waterfront/Inter Island News. My husband and I are members of the Island Institute, so we get your publication all year long. As we are long-time summer people in Friendship, and care deeply about the lobster industry, your newspaper keeps us in
Endowments fund Fellowships
The Island Institute has successfully completed four fellowship endowments of $750,000 each to permanently fund four Island Fellows. The William Bingham Fellow for Rural Education – funded by the William Bingham Trust. William Bingham lived in Bethel, Maine for many years where his charitable interests included educating young people. Bingham left a considerable part of
When Big Boys Camp
A kid dreams of what life could hold, in a world full of possibility, and what’s that kid say? Well, a kid of the male gender might speculate, “When I’m a big boy, I’ll…” And that way of imagining and fantasizing possibility is what the group who have dubbed themselves the Big Boys seem to
More on Mercury
To the editor: In the article, “Three Scientists Warn against Eating Seafood” (WWF Sept. 06) it was stated that what was promoted as a panel discussion by “three public health experts” on “the pros and cons of eating wild and farmed fish from the Gulf of Maine and other regions of the world” turned out
Great Cranberry Says Farewell to Island Fellow
On Thursday, August 24, the community of Great Cranberry Island held a surprise barbecue-potluck supper to honor Cyrus Moulton, their Island Institute Fellow for 2004-2006. Moulton’s mother, Lynn, and his brother and sister, Seth and Liza, were brought to the island surreptitiously to preserve the element of surprise. Moulton received numerous gifts including photo collages,
Border Troubles, East of Downeast
Residents of New Brunswick’s Campobello Island cross the border into Maine all the time, and they don’t have any choice in the matter. For most of the year, it’s the only way they can get to the rest of their country. A short bridge ties the ten-mile-long island to Lubec, the easternmost town in the
False Claims
To the editor: This is in response to Philip Conkling’s “Global Warming — Fact or Hoax” [WWF Aug. 2006] and Ray Rhinehart’s subsequent letter on same [WWF Sept. 06]. As I read Conkling’s essay, I felt I was at last reading an even-handed treatment of a subject which the media, by and large, had resolved
New Island Fellows Slated for Four Island Towns
Four new Island Institute Fellows have accepted assignments at the request of island communities from Casco Bay to the Mount Desert region, bringing to eight the number of fellows who will live and work in these communities during the 2006-07 year. Annie Tselikis (Stonington), David Steckler (North Haven), Alden Robinson (Long Island) and Scott Sell