To the editor: I am writing in response to letters written by both Beverly Johnson and Bette Tellinghuisen printed in the WWF’s August issue. The aforementioned letters were responses to a letter written by Steven Parker titled “Right Spokesperson?” After reading Mrs. Johnson and Ms. Tellinghuisen’s replies to the editorial I felt compelled to respond
Education Programs
Salted through this issue of Working Waterfront you’ll find stories about a variety of educational programs. It being September and time for schools to start up after the summer break, it seemed appropriate to look at a few examples of instruction – formal and informal, in classrooms or otherwise – that one finds along the
Maine island post offices fight for survival
If the U.S. Postal Service tries to close island post offices in Maine, it better brace itself. “I’ll tell you, the people here are very vocal,” said Barbara Hoppin, the school principal on Peaks Island. “It’s important to our school, and important to our community.” If Peaks islanders had to take the ferry into Portland’s
Bingham’s Purchase
To the Editor: Colin Woodard in Parallel 44 (WWF Aug. 2003) states that William Bingham “acquired 3.5 million acres of Hancock and Washington counties from Henry Knox.” It appears Woodard is continuing to rewrite America’s history (see letter by Mark P. Reed in above referenced WWF/II News). The facts are that Bingham purchased 1,255,112 acres
New hatchery relies on safe, predictable practices
Chris Maloney, who with Tonie Simmons owns Maine’s newest shellfish hatchery, Muscongus Aquaculture, says reliability is the cornerstone of their business. Their mission, he says, is “to produce good quality shellfish and get it to growers when they want it and in the proper amount.” He emphasizes that they take their responsibility to the customer
Pony Camp
If you’re a kid, summer is a time for camp. Day camp, baseball camp, Y camp, basketball camp, scout camp, 4-H camp – you name it, it’s out there. But if you’re an island kid summer camps are often less plentiful and more inaccessible than for those on the mainland. This summer, Vinalhaven kids had
Where are the Land Trusts?
To the editor: I’ll bet you that the average person working the waterfront spends 800 percent of their time worrying about their business. That leaves very little time for discussion about the issue of their dwindling resources, and the battles required to reverse the trend. I read more and more about the issue of the
Governments have a small toolbox to protect working waterfronts
The current crop of local government approaches to preserving working waterfronts might be best understood as first, second and possibly third generation solutions. Each fulfills different needs along Maine’s coast. Clearly, a variety of local solutions is necessary to do the job. “The most important solutions to working waterfront access come from the local level”,
LobsterTales.org in the news …
News travels fast, and so do lobsters. LobsterTales.org, the Island Institute’s lobster tagging and pilot education program is making headlines with news of the destinations and dinner plates where Maine’s lobsters have landed. This first summer fishing season for the LobsterTales.org project has been noticed on national and local levels. The Portland Press Herald started
Vinalhaven School
After a seemingly endless number of years in its inadequate “temporary” building, the Vinalhaven school is finally moving into a well-designed, appropriate new facility. This day has been a long time coming, and is a tribute to the tenacity of the Vinalhaven community, its school administration and the many donors who made it possible for