Despite an art exhibition and a State House reception in his honor hosted by Gov. John Baldacci, Robert Indiana’s painting “First State” was to come off of the lobby walls as the exhibit ended on Feb. 13. Citing current tax issues and budget woes, legislators have been unwilling to free up $75,000 to purchase the
CEI’s Role
To the editor: Great article on the York Land Trust Sewall Dock deal…I wanted to make a correction: CEI financed a portion of the land trust’s purchase, not Mark and Jeff. They obtained financing through Farm Credit of Maine. Elizabeth Sheehan Coastal Enterprises, Inc. Portland
Alive and Well
To the editor: In yesterday’s mail we received The Working Waterfront and in reading through the Reviews on page 23, discovered something that really should be corrected. The review of The Island’s True Child, review written by Robin de Campi, states and I quote: “The Island’s True Child is taken from Dorothy Simpson’s unpublished journals
Mid-Life, Mid-Winter, Mid-Ocean…
My mother, who lives in Florida, calls me about once every two weeks to fill me in on the weather. “I see you’re freezing your butts off up there!” “No, Mom,” I say, “No, it’s actually only about 20 here today, 20 and sunny, lovely.” Where she lives the climate stays somewhere between 78 and
Feel-Good Food
Every minute of the day and night, someone’s trying to convince us to buy something (or not buy something else). Maine-grown oysters are hyped for their fine taste, described in terms a wine taster would envy. Seafood is classified as sustainable (and therefore worthy) or otherwise, using screening systems developed by conservation organizations. Such “niche”
Horrified
[addressed to Rusty Warren] Dear Rusty: I have always enjoyed reading your articles in Working Waterfront. I was horrified to read about what happened to your dear cat and what didn’t happen to the perps. You are entirely justified in wanting to know is “Something Wrong here?” The answer is – obviously yes! I was
Institute Adds New Trustees
Nancy Hopkins-Davisson, Nancy Jordan, and Matthew Simmons have joined the Board of Trustees of the Island Institute. The new trustees bring additional diversity and expertise to the Institute’s Board. Hopkins-Davisson is active in the North Haven community, serving on the school board for nine years (six as chair), the Arts and Enrichment Advisory Committee, and
School Consolidation
Maine’s movement toward school consolidation is sounding more and more like political campaigning. Proponents of bigger-is-more-efficient are seemingly oblivious of mounting evidence that merging school districts won’t save the money they claim it will. Worse, they continue to ignore the achievements of small community schools, including many on Maine’s islands. Maine’s commissioner of education has
Caucusin’ Collectively
Unique is an overused word. It should only be used to describe things like Vinalhaven’s political caucusing because this island community caucuses Republicans and Democrats together, simultaneously, in the same room, and has for nearly a decade. That’s unique! Admittedly the Democrats are much more organized and energized, particularly this year, and so they kind
The Long View: Against the Tide
Governor John Baldacci’s Task Force on Aquaculture has circulated its report on how (and whether) to reform an industry that has been at the center of a relentlessly rising tide of criticism for most of the past 5 years. Unlike former Gov. Angus King, who embraced Maine’s aquaculture industry from the first day of his