A Tenants Harbor children’s camp that closed 20 years ago will be saved as a place for Maine kids to learn about themselves and their environment, if a pending deal goes through. Tanglewood 4-H Camp and Learning Center, established 21 years ago in Lincolnville, has signed an agreement to purchase Blueberry Cove from owner Ann
Dark Harbor: Building House and Home on an Enchanted Island
The spell cast by Islesboro on the author of this book began in 1968 at a party on another island – Manhattan – when a socialite friend, Annette Engelhard Reed (now Mrs. Oscar de la Renta), invited him to visit at her estate there. Mehta calls his first chapter “Enchantress,” a reference to Annette, rich,
Adventurous photographer documents glass eel migrations
If capturing the good shot means traveling to a river site after dark, donning a dry suit, lugging the underwater camera and strobe lighting equipment across slippery ledges to pools beside the river, lying down in the water and waiting patiently for the subject to appear, photographer Heather Perry of Bath is up for the
Equal Protection Joint research aims to protect the interests of whales, fishermen
“The ocean bottom isn’t like looking down a paved road,” said lobsterman Philip Bramhall, of Friendship. “It’s like looking at a topographical map.” Bramhall went on to explain that unlike any other state on the Eastern seaboard the bottom off Maine’s 3,500-mile coastline is made up of types that range from sand, mud and gravel
“Waddy”: Charles E. Wadsworth (1917-2002)
The painter, poet and printmaker Charles Wadsworth (1917-2002) began coming to Great Cranberry Island with his wife, the writer Jean Howard, in the mid-1940s. He was the first artist to take up residence on the island after the war. “Waddy,” as his family and friends affectionately called him, became an island fixture. Nearly every summer,
For Bar Harbor, cruise ships are a bonanza
When the cruise ships sail into Bar Harbor, they do more than drop anchor – they cheerfully drop buckets of money as well, particularly in the popular fall leaf season. In 2002, passengers aboard 64 ships spent an estimated $10.3 million in Bar Harbor, including $2.0 million in restaurants and bars, and $4.7 million in
Many tuna visit Maine but most are small
Maine commercial and sport fishermen are reporting few large tuna this year, while at the same time seeing healthy numbers of small fish, which may bode well for the future. Craig Bergeron of Saco Bay Tackle, who supplies the heavy tackle commercial and recreational fishermen need for tuna fishing, reports that his gear business has
Seabird center seeks Midcoast roost
A Midcoast seabird education center could serve students, fishermen, tourists and others by building their knowledge of a marine habitat threatened by human development and exploitation. The center is the dream of Dr. Stephen Kress, who in the past 30 years re-colonized Eastern Egg Rock in Muscongus Bay with a population of returning Puffins. The
From the Deck: Volunteer help
A wise old man told me, “If you haven’t been aground, you haven’t been anywhere.” I have proven him right a number of times and one of those times I hit the old sloop a very hard whack on a very hard rock and started a seam, squished the cotton right out of it. So
Islesboro group gets to work on an eldercare facility
For many island communities, caring for elderly citizens is difficult because of geographic isolation. The lack of facilities on-island means that elders find themselves separated from familiar surroundings and neighbors. Vinalhaven’s response was to build the Ivan Calderwood Homestead, an on-island adult family care home which opened in the fall of 2001 (WWF, Sept. 2002).