St. George School acquires saltwater aquarium
On Dec. 14, the St. George School in Tenants Harbor received a 55-gallon refrigerated saltwater aquarium in order to expand its marine education program. Phyllis Wyeth, president of the Herring Gut Learning Center in Port Clyde, and Elaine Jones, education director for the Department of Marine Resources, arranged for the donation. The support for the
Rough seas for the Scotia Prince
As the airlines have become increasingly uncomfortable, unpleasant, and unreliable, I’ve been finding the SCOTIA PRINCE an increasingly soothing presence. Every night during the clement half of our year, she pulls out of Portland harbor, bedecked in lights, on her purposeful mission to deliver passengers and cargo to foreign lands across the waters. It reminds
Student works on school whale project
Kelsey Jones, a senior at North Haven Community School, and other students have been working on the school’s whale re-articulation project as reported in the Dec 04-Jan 05 Working Waterfront.
North Haven’s Little Problem
A year ago, when Telford Air was actively looking to sell Maine Atlantic Aviation to an interested buyer, one of the problems in negotiations was the North Haven business — or lack of it. No one had figured out a way to lengthen the privately owned Witherspoon airstrip by 200 feet so planes could land
Wrong Runner
To the editor: I’ve got a correction to Barb Fernald’s Cranberry Report of November, 2004. It was my sister, Joan Westphal, who ran against Joan Benoit, back in the ’70s, not me. (I was a half-miler.) The two Joans ran against each other in the mile run at the Maine State Track and Field Meet,
Fox Islands proceed with new cable, investigate alternative energy
The installation of a new $3 million cable, which will connect Vinalhaven and North Haven residents to mainland electricity, is scheduled for March. The new cable will replace the existing cable, the deterioration of which has contributed to numerous power outages for these island residents during the last few years. “The total cost of the
“Towering Above the Ordinary”
Fine Mandolins Emerge from a South Thomaston Shop If my brother hadn’t decided to treat himself to a first rate mandolin after several years of lessons and faithful practice, like most people, I never would have known that top notch mandolins were being crafted on a farm in South Thomaston. Jim had set his heart
Degree of Contamination
To the editor: As it has been illegal for some time to pump heads within the three mile limit, is the effort reported in Bob Moore’s recent article [WWF Dec-Jan 04-05] intended to reduce or eliminate the illegal discharges? It would indeed be helpful for the public to know the specific details of the degree
Tax Burden: A Grave Threat
The Casco Bay Forum is a group of residents from the Casco Bay islands committed to sustaining and strengthening our communities. The tax burden is a grave threat to the rural nature of Maine islands and the affordable cost of living in these communities. We need public policy that supports and enhances traditional island communities.