Long Island jeweler Martha Whitener spoke for many island artists when she said, “summer is a great boost.” It is the time when “people are here to buy what we’ve been making in the winter,” said Peaks Islander Kathy Newell, a decorative painter. One might think that with Portland so close by, Casco Bay artists
All Humans Are As One
To the editor: I have read with great interest the articles in Working Waterfront decrying the invasion of tourists, people from away, whatever category we are lumped into, and I would like to add a few comments. I live 10 blocks from the former World Trade towers; saw the people jumping from the 103rd floor,
Community luncheons feed (and entertain) Islesboro seniors
On a recent Thursday, near lunch time, my grumbling stomach reminded me that I’d scheduled a little trip to Islesboro’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it downtown to check out the Second Baptist Church’s version of a sort of senior citizens’ Moody’s Diner. Since January of 2003, the Missions Community Outreach Committee of the Second Baptist Church has been hosting
Direct Competition
To the editor: As a non-profit organization, the Island Institute enjoys many advantages not available to for-profit Maine businesses, including a substantial endowment and the ability to solicit charitable gifts and grants from individuals and foundations to support its many worthwhile programs. One of those programs is the publication of Working Waterfront, a newspaper produced
SOX A Peaks Island Mystery
A large contingent of kids and “gulls” (more kids) from the Peaks Island School descended on Topsham’s Williams-Cone School in late May to perform “Sox: A Peaks Island Mystery.” Authors of this musical extravaganza are Faith York and Cevia and George Rosol, all of Peaks Island. A few of the performers, from left, are Hugh
No Support for Grand Plan
To the editor: Thanks for the article on lack of economic value of cruise ships in my back yard (WWF June 03). [Was the random-head survey done in the summer of 2002] paid for with my tax dollars? …I do not believe the results were “inconclusive” [as you state], rather, the results didn’t support the
Our Lives are Enriched
To the editor: Again, because of a column in the last issue (“Tourism,” p. 28), I feel compelled to put the influx of summer visitors into perspective. There are about 1,300 people who live year-round on Vinalhaven. Of these exactly half comprise the work force. Of these 650 exactly half comprise the lobster fishing community.
Stealth taxes
As Joan Amory reports this month, commercial fishermen will see their license fees increase by 25 percent in 2004 as a direct result in the $1.1 billion revenue shortfall in the state’s General Fund. The increase will go into the General Fund to help erase the shortfall. Granted, everyone has had to do his or
Sea Glass author wins first Golden Trap Award
On June 13 at the Vinalhaven School, 95 kindergarten through fifth grade students and their teachers crowded into a classroom to listen to author Anne Wescott Dodd read aloud from her book, The Story of Sea Glass. Sea Glass has been chosen by Maine island students, K – 4, as the winner from among ten
Timely Article
To the editor: What a pleasant surprise to find the Boat Shop article in Working Waterfront… It was a very timely article what with all that has and is going on in the life of the Boat Shop at this time. I have been associated with the Boat Shop for 20 years and knew Baffie’s