Heather L. Pendleton Corson obtained a degree in Dental Hygiene from the University College of Bangor on May 13. Corson, along with her sister Carrie, a recent graduate from the Down East School of Massage, are the first members of their family, on their island maternal side, to pursue and complete their higher education goals.
What is a watershed?
A watershed is like a large funnel that carries the water that falls on it into a water body like Casco Bay. The water may flow along the surface in streams or rivulets or move underground, percolating through the soil or squeezing between cracks in rocks as groundwater, until it reaches the sea. The Casco
Two Cities, One Very Big Box Coastal towns take on Wal-Mart
Maine coastal communities are wrestling with big-box proposals that could drastically alter the character of their towns. Retail giant Wal-Mart has proposed building superstores in several towns along the Route 1 corridor; the Super Wal-Marts would be so vast that they would dwarf other big box stores. Local government officials often welcome the additional tax
Sprawl and Future “Listening sessions” draw out new questions, approaches
If the values that Mainers feel best about seem threatened, those same values also represent the very strengths that can recharge community and economic life and send sprawl into remission, according to experts from the Washington, D.C.-based Brookings Institution. A major study by Brookings, sponsored by GrowSmart Maine and due for release in September, will
“Beauty and the Beast” succeeds by building illusions
“In order for the theater experience to work for the audience, they must buy into the illusion,” says Karen Burns, director of Vinalhaven’s latest community production, “Beauty and the Beast,” which ran May 12-14. Illusion is a particularly important element in this show. “We are creating a fairy tale, where humans are transformed into objects
“Less is Better” Keep those lawn pesticides out of Maine’s waterways!
The Friends of Casco Bay (FOCB) use the term BayScaping; the Maine Board of Pesticide Control (BPC) coined Yardscaping. Whatever it is called, it is a unified attempt to help Mainers understand that the herbicides, fungicides, pesticides and fertilizers they put on their lawns and in their gardens end up in varying degrees in Maine
The Long View: Sticker Shock
For hundreds of thousands of young Americans who will graduate from high school this spring, D-Day, as in decision day, is fast approaching. For many islanders also: the 25 or so high school seniors from Maine’s 15 island communities who have applied to attend college in the fall have collectively received some several hundred letters
Downeast collaborators purchase former hatchery, plan educational center
Black Duck Cove on Great Wass Island in the town of Beals is a stunningly beautiful piece of coastal real estate. White-capped waves crash against the rocky shore. And on a sunny day, the Schoodic Peninsula and Cadillac Mountain are clearly visible, rising over open-ocean. But it wasn’t the view that attracted the new owners
Getting Out Alive: In the water, the key to surviving is practice
“Survival is not all physical,” says John McMillan, who conducts his U.S. Coast Guard-approved one-day survival-training course all over America’s coasts and waterways. In fact, physical strength has less to do with survival than knowing what to do and how to do it. In other words, like the old joke, “How do you get to
Fledgling Camden seafood company wins big in Boston
Thousands of fish products vie for attention at the annual International Boston Seafood Show every March. Each year, hundreds of those products are new to the market. Many producers of the new ones believe their product is unusual enough, offers an added convenience, or simply outshines someone else’s older version. Those producers enter their products