As one-half of the Beechland Corporation, brothers Robert and Larry King plan to sell a parcel of land in Ellsworth to the home improvement chain, Lowe’s. Lowe’s wants to build a 170,000 square foot superstore there that would easily be the largest structure in town. The King Brothers also co-own a construction firm, Associated Builders,
Frenchboro festival set for Aug. 12
Frenchboro on Long Island will host its 44th annual lobster festival on Saturday, Aug. 12. The annual event at Frenchboro, located eight miles across Blue Hill Bay from Mount Desert Island, features a beautiful boat ride and some of the best lobster in the world. This year’s festival also will include classic country music by
When the Island is the Star of the Show
Entertainment is a regular feature at the Smith Hokansen Auditorium in the Vinalhaven School. Nationally known musical acts have appeared, and presentations with lots of local appeal. A movie premiere on July 16, however, had a turnout that surprised everyone. Originally only one showing had been scheduled for “The Islander,” filmed last year on Vinalhaven.
The Long View: Global Warming – Fact or Hoax?
As this year’s Maine island summer continues to unfold its timeless magic, we all interpret the pulse of daily life depending on our nature and habits. Some of us pray for the return of fish or lobsters, while others run experiments with their gear to determine what the season augurs. The torrents of rain that
Offshore lobstermen organize, propose changes
Believing “Maine fishermen need options,” lobstermen who fish part of the year outside the state’s three-mile limit have traveled to Washington, D.C., and Augusta to make the organization’s goals known to the state’s Congressional delegation and state fisheries managers. Officers of the Maine Offshore Lobstermen’s Association (MOLA) say they want to effect several changes in
“Island Reflections” exhibit and sale to open Aug. 4
Louis W. Cabot has spent the past 77 years summering among the islands and along the coast of Maine. When he was eight years old, his parents, Tom and Virginia Cabot, first took Louis and his brothers to Swan’s Island and began teaching them to sail. Every summer thereafter they sailed up and down the
Commemorating Portland’s Submarine Defenses
An iron pin in a rock on the south end of Chebeague Island marks one end of the World War II submarine net that once stretched between Chebeague and Long Island. The net protected an entrance to Portland Harbor from German submarines that preyed on Allied shipping in the early 1940s. Recently the Chebeague Historical
At Your Own Risk
There’s a downside to the Maine Healthy Beaches program: it’s strictly voluntary. Think of it this way: if the state’s clam testing program were set up the same way, we’d get safe clams from towns where the flats had been tested and declared to be safe; we might get no information at all — but
Lobsters and Consistency
Whole Foods Market appears to have caught itself in the pincers of its own political correctness. What may have started off as an effort to respond to the demands of animal-rights activists and natural foods consumers concerned about suffering lobsters has ended up with Maine’s lobster producers being squeezed out of a national grocery store
The Cranberry Report: Let’s hear it for the visionaries!
On July 4, the weather was warm and muggy with enough of a breeze to keep things comfortable for over 300 people who attended the Islesford Neighborhood House Association (INHA) picnic in the town field. Summer seems to start at the 4th of July picnic, as people see each other for the first time since