Fooling the Eye – Painted postcards, portraits tell Vinalhaven’s quarrying story

Vinalhaven residents have always been proud of their granite-quarrying heritage. This summer artists Pamela and James Grumbach memorialized that facet of the island’s history in a mural in Tibb’s Restaurant on Vinalhaven. The mural reaches from floor to ceiling and flanks both sides of an enormous granite fireplace. The finished piece is actually a montage

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Great Sadness

To the editor: It was with great sadness I read the latest Working Waterfront newspaper. Although I have never lived in Vinalhaven, I was raised being told what a great place it is, from my father and grandmother, who did live there until 1927. I lived my childhood through them, feeling it was my home

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Missing Public Policy Balance

To the editor: As a follow-up to Robert Moore’s excellent article on resource sustainability [WWF June 05], I offer a public policy explanation with three historical references from my home state of Connecticut. Being rather small and lacking direct ocean access, its ports were not able to sustain the colonial “slash and burn” agricultural economies,

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Competency Afloat – A Maine-based training center teaches multiple marine skills

“I’ve been teaching non-traditional students for 13 years,” said Shawn J. Ahern III, Ocean Master and president of the Down East Maritime Training Center, based in Freedom, Maine. The school offers 15 courses, specializing in Merchant Marine officer licenses, Able Bodied Seaman’s licenses and endorsement courses for mariners. All courses are geared toward certification for

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A Compromise

To the editor: If a compromise is needed for financial reasons, then restrict ads to existing development (i.e., residential or commercial structures) thereby protecting raw land and undeveloped frontage. This wouldn’t solve the problems identified by Willson and Singer [WWF Sept. 05] but it would be a very modest step in that direction, affecting just

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Newspapers sue Passamaquoddy Tribe over access

The Bangor Daily News reported on Sept. 13 that the newspaper, in conjunction with the Quoddy Tides in Eastport, has filed a lawsuit in Washington County Superior Court against the Passamaquoddy tribal government at Pleasant Point under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The newspapers’ complaint allege that the publications have been denied access to

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Pay for the paper?

To the editor: I am writing to offer my opinion regarding real estate advertising in The Working Waterfront/Inter-Island News. I have been a member of the Institute for years and have enjoyed, tremendously, your publications. However, it is distressing to me to see you write about the diminishing facilities and abilities of Maine’s fishing endeavor

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Boat Models: Then and Now

Boat Models by the Score – and Much More Where to start? The exhibition “Boat Models: Then and Now” at the Great Harbor Maritime Museum in Northeast Harbor is full of treasures, from the sleek half models that look like Sam Cady shaped canvases on the wall to an old steamship with pigs on board.

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