Facts, more facts: Regional history conference explores just about everything

The Penobscot Bay Regional History Conference, held on Friday, Oct. 10 in Searsport, offered something for everyone who attended. Confer-ence organizer John Arrison, the Museum’s librarian and archivist, brought together professional historians, historical society and museum personnel and volunteer researchers and genealogists in a mix of subjects that gave conference attendees a sense of life

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Island teachers connect at Belfast conference

A great beginning. Perhaps that’s the best way to describe the 2003 Island Teachers Conference held on Oct. 2-3 at the University of Maine Hutchinson Center in Belfast. Over 80 island educators attended from Chebeague, Cliff, Frenchboro, Isle au Haut, Islesboro, Islesford, Long, Matinicus, Monhegan, North Haven, Peaks, Deer Isle/Stonington and Vinalhaven. They brought with

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The bridge not built

To the editor: I was interested to read your piece in the most recent Working Waterfront about island bridges (Long View, WWF Oct. 03). However, I want to correct your representation of the proposal to build a bridge to Chebeague Island. For several years I have been researching this effort, which is very well documented

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Vulnerability

It seldom seems so at the time, but it’s kind of refreshing to be reminded, occasionally, that the systems we rely on for our energy weren’t always there and don’t always function the way they’re supposed to. Last summer’s vast blackout on parts of the East Coast was an example of this vulnerability; so is

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Wooden lobsterman

To the editor: In your last issue (September) you had a picture of a display at the Maine Maritime Museum, and you referred to a “mannequin” representing a lobsterman. To the credit of N. Lipfert and the museum, instead of using a mannequin they commissioned a sculpture. The lobsterman is carved from a pine log:

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De-Industrializing the Penobscot

Last month’s news that the State of Maine, environmental organizations, a power company and two Maine Indian tribes had come up with a plan to remove two dams on the Penobscot River represented a shift in values and a re-alignment of priorities that’s worth watching. Like the Edwards Dam on the Kennebec that was removed

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The Walking Waterfront

Many assume that the waterfront between the high and low tide line is common ground, accessible to all. Customary use over time, some waterfront owners believe, obligates them to tolerate those who enjoy the beach and who explore the area below the high tide line. Other shorefront property owners, however, become anxious when trespassers appear

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