The sleepy stretch of harbor on the Eastern Waterfront of Portland is blasting into construction mode, as the Ocean Gateway cruise ship terminal kicks off. The governor and assorted dignitaries literally shoveled dirt to break ground in a ceremony in early October. Expect lavish buildings to rise soon, out of the haphazard quilt of parking
Commissioner braves rough seas to visit island schools
Painting Raffle Will Raise Funds for North Haven school
Laugh and Learn Preschool is in its second year of operations this fall on North Haven. Currently 11 children are enrolled in the preschool program, while and five toddlers attend the Little Urchin toddler program. To help raise money to pay for the two teachers in the classroom and supplies, artist Pamela Grumbach donated a
The Long View – Boom(er) Times
In the mid to late 1980s during the last real estate boom on the Maine coast and islands, it seemed every other person became a real estate developer. The partners of a major developer in the greater Portland area who proposed a massive development for Great Diamond Island, for instance, consisted of an electrical contractor,
Fiber artist hooks rugs, restores lampshades
Bobbie Pendleton, who in a previous article (WWF Oct. 2002) is referred to as “Islesboro’s premiere hooker,” is still hard at work perfecting her craft – creating new hooked rugs and restoring vintage hooked rugs and lampshades. Pendleton, a native Californian, now living in Rockland, via Islesboro, has been hooking for more then a decade.
Stonington Teen Raises His Own Tuition for Ocean Classroom
“I fell in love with it the first day,” recalled Stonington high school junior Tabor Johnson, of his ten-day cruise on the schooner HARVEY GAMAGE when he was in eighth grade. By then, Tabor had been on the water for five years: he’d started lobstering in his 16-foot outboard with his father, Stonington Harbormaster and
When it Comes to the Internet, Not all Islands are Equal
For islanders, the World Wide Web comes in three flavors: wireless, satellite and through the phone line. Many island communities enjoy the luxury and time saving convenience of broadband, or high speed, Internet access. While accustomed to their isolation and privacy, islanders also say they want to be able to jump onto the “information highway”
2006 Island Photo Calendar is available
The Islands Community Medical Services (ICMS) has published, for the second year, a fundraising calendar featuring images taken around Vinalhaven. Drawing from over 350 donated images, an island committee of artists selected 40 for inclusion in the 2006 calendar. Last year’s calendar was well received. This year’s has more images, and is printed on better
Working Waterfronts Mapped in New Book
The release of a new book of maps of Maine’s working waterfronts was announced at a news conference in South Freeport where supporters of the campaign for passage of Questions 5 and 7 on the November ballot spoke about the need to protect Maine’s working waterfronts. “Maine’s coastal economy and fishing heritage are under threat
Cranberry Report: Scratch Soup, Sloopy Pies and Stereotypes
Mild weather stayed with us through the end of September. Most of the summer population was gone, but the SEA PRINCESS tour boat continued to bring a steady stream of day visitors to Islesford while the good weather held up. On Oct. 2 the weather was mild enough to prompt several Dip of the Month