Island Voting: Most islands oppose anti-discrimination repeal, favor waterfront bond issue, constitutional ammendment

Island and mainland residents alike voted down the proposed repeal of Maine’s anti-discrimination law. By large margins they also favored a bond issue that would help preserve working waterfronts and a constitutional amendment to allow “current use” taxation of properties used in connection with the fishing industry. Statewide, the anti-discrimination law repeal failed 45 to

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The Reading Season

This is Working Waterfront’s annual two-month issue, and as in past years we’ve filled the back with book reviews. This time we’ve looked at books about communities, preserving land, wild creatures, historic naval engagements, rivers, cooking and – not to neglect any group of readers – a murder mystery. Fine reading all around, just in

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The Year in Review

As 2005 rolls hull down in the mind, it is worth a moment’s reflection to recount what we’ve lived this year as well as to ask ourselves what we’ve learned and speculate about where we may be headed. Beginning with the most recent past, it is well worth a brief exhalation of joy to celebrate

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A Model for Others

Steve Cartwright’s article (“Boothbay Harbor Summer Colonies Talk Secession,” WWF, November 05) erroneously portrays the Isle of Springs as a rebellious colony not willing to pay its fair share of taxes. Not true. The Town of Boothbay Harbor is trying to do away with a 100-year-old state charter that established a very fair revenue sharing

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