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
Nine-year-old is Islesboro’s youngest lobsterperson
While most girls her age make money babysitting if at all, nine-year-old Lindsay Durkee of Islesboro has chosen another way to earn her spending money. During the island’s fishing season, she hauls a string of 150 lobster traps using her own boat, the LINDSAY D. Lindsay got her start lobstering two years ago while accompanying
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
Former German prisoners visit North Haven
Three Germans landed in North Haven on Sept. 18 to talk about their lives as German soldiers in World War II and then as prisoners of war held in Houlton, Maine. The former POWs, Rudi Richter, Dr. Hans Augustine and Gerhard Kleindt, spent day at the North Haven Community School (NHCS) talking with students and
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
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
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:
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
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
New Directions: Compass Project teaches kids job and life skills
Ten students from King Middle School in Portland are immersed in their work, building half models of the SEGUIN tugboat. Their focus is complete as they sit on the floor or work at a card table, bent intently over the model pieces, making holes with power or hand drills or by using a mallet and