And what of the void Tom Tutor’s absence creates in the Islesboro Central School mathematics program? Another Fulbright teacher, Mr. Ngubo Ndaba, will be arriving on Islesboro in January, just as the Tutors embark for South Africa, coming from an African summer to a Maine winter to teach Tutor’s classes. Ndaba, who will be living
Port Clyde joins list of “major” New England fishing ports
Lobster, the undisputed king of Maine’s fisheries, holds its title in the 2003 federal landings statistics and boosted Port Clyde into the ranks of New England’s “major” fishing ports for the first time. The 2003 lobster harvest of $285.6 million represented a 2.6 percent decrease in value from 2002, but a 12.1 percent increase over
Teacher Exchange – Islesboro family leaves a Maine winter for an African summer
Thanks to the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, on Jan. 10 Islesboro Central School math teacher Tom Tutor and family will embark on a grand adventure, flying to South Africa where Tom will undertake a year-long assignment teaching mathematics to students whose customary teacher will be, meanwhile, teaching Tom’s Islesboro students. The Fulbright international educational exchange
Form and Function
Visitors to the Vikingship Museum in Oslo, Norway, wonder why there is a notch extending from the holes that were used as oarlocks on Viking longboats. The notch allowed the blade of the oar to pass through the hull from inside the boat. If the Vikings had not cut the notch, they would have had
Maine Islands Coalition Convenes
The Maine Islands Coalition, formed last March to advocate for Maine’s 15 year-round island communities, convened for the fourth time on Friday, Nov. 12 in Rockland. Island representatives from Cliff, Great Diamond, Little Diamond, Islesboro, North Haven, Vinalhaven, Town of Long Island, Cranberry Isles and Frenchboro attended the meeting, with others from Chebeague and Peaks
Fine Spotter Pilot
To the editor: … We loved the article on Leon Minzy [WWF Nov. 04]. He was a longtime spotter pilot for me for many years when I traveled along the coast stop-seining herring (in the good old days when small sardines came ashore nearly every summer, which they haven’t done in recent years). Minzy was,
Vinalhaven and partners restore a wetland, with one unexpected result
The Town of Vinalhaven recently partnered with the local land trust, a federal agency, a foundation, private landowners and the state to restore a large area of wetland where a causeway had restricted tidal flow to an upstream area. The causeway-bridge was constructed many years ago over Pleasant River Cove, using a series of old-style
Watch That Bamboo!
To the editor: Thanks to you, Randy Purinton, and Rick Dyer for the informative article on Monhegan’s Japanese barberry infestation [WWF Nov. 04]. Unfortunately, the barberry is not the only problem — for other interested readers, Maine’s Dept. of Conservation is starting to address the issue with the public. Their website [see www.maine.gov/doc/mfs/woodswise/invasive.html] outlines their
Great Cranberry building changes address, purpose
On Nov. 16, Great Cranberry Island residents were treated to the sight of an island landmark driving down the road. The Mountain View Inn, which housed a restaurant from the island’s boardinghouse days in the 1920s, took about three hours to move a quarter-mile down the main road to its new home. The former inn was
The Simple Truth
“LX” I’ve been struggling with a simple truth visited on me in early October. I’ve known for decades that it was coming and when it was coming and, for eight weeks or so I have been dimly aware that, as expected, it did come. Still, it came much sooner than anticipated. My simple truth is