To the editor: Your article on Alaskan salmon [WWF Sept. 04] should have also mentioned the role of Alaskan salmon hatcheries in the successful management of Alaskan salmon fisheries. The success of fishermen’s cooperatives in the operation and management of the hatchery systems is a remarkable success based both upon their production capacities and the
Hoax
To the editor: Re: Parallel 44 by Colin Woodward [WWF Sept. 04]. One of the officers on board the CARROLL A. DEERING was Herbert Bates (born 1887) of Islesboro. His mother, Eliza Coombs Bates, received a request from the Secretary of the Navy to submit a handwriting sample of her son’s. She then received a
The Tax Cap
In November Maine voters will come face to face with a ballot initiative that, if successful, will cap property taxes and reverse the recent dramatic increase in property valuations. The tax cap is an understandable reaction to a problem the legislature has been much too reluctant to face: escalating property valuations and taxes, pushed ever
Appalled
To the editor: I was appalled to read Wanda Curtis’s article on the new lighthouse museum in your Sept. 2004 issue… In her article there was not one word of credit or accolades given to Ken Black, without whose efforts (too numerous to count) there would not be any new lighthouse museum for Ms. Curtis
Jam-Up – Big plans for small cove affect ferries, windjammers and an island community
A small cove in Rockland harbor has made waves between windjammers and state and private ferries. But an agreement allowing mixed use appears to have calmed the waters for now. On Sept. 20, the Lermond’s Cove committee thrashed out a compromise that will allow for a rebuilt state ferry pier with enough room for Matinicus
Surprise
On summer days on the water, we see what we are used to seeing: lobstermen about their work; little power boats buzzing here and there, soon come, soon gone; sailing yachts of various sizes and rigs. We see seals, porpoises, the occasional whale, gulls, ospreys, once in a while an eagle or a tern. These
No Boredom Allowed! – Sportsmen’s Association entertains, educates everyone in Phippsburg
Without the Phippsburg Sportsmen’s Association, “There’d be a lot more bored kids around in Phippsburg,” observes Arnold Rice, who teaches hunter safety, archery and is a certified range officer for the club. It’s a fair guess that there might be a lot of bored adults, too. Even though activities sponsored by the club, which was
Wiscasset Faces the Future
Maine Yankee was a huge presence on the midcoast waterfront for many years. Now the nuclear plant is gone, leaving behind a lot of high-level waste but something positive as well: an opportunity for the town of Wiscasset to demonstrate how this kind of site can be redeveloped for other uses. In fact, there are
Monhegan Boat Line’s LAURA B. celbrates 50 years as connection to mainland
Monhegan Boat Line’s venerable wood vessel LAURA B, built in 1943 for the U.S. Army, is celebrating 50 years as Monhegan’s principal connection to the mainland. Before going to work for Monhegan Boat Line in the early 1950s she served as a World War II patrol boat and transporter, followed by several years transporting lobsters
Working Waterfront Losses
Between 2000 and 2004, according to a recent study by Coastal Enterprises, Inc., land values in a sample of 25 coastal and island communities increased by an average of 58 percent. The rise (in two of the towns surveyed it was over 100 percent) is caused by an apparently insatiable market for waterfront property, a