By Robert C. Duncan, Roger S. Duncan, Paul W. Fenn and Wallace Fenn New York, N.Y.: W.W. Norton & Company 810 pp., $49.95 Over the years the Duncans, Wares, Blanchards and Fenns have accomplished what a single author couldn’t in his allotted time – several generations of these families have kept the Cruising Guide to
Islesboro to Rockland, the long way
Ending their summer with a bang, a group of island teenagers boarded the schooner SPIRIT OF MASSACHUSETTS on Aug. 14, departing from Islesboro’s Grindle Point for a nine-day trip that would circumnavigate Cape Cod. Students adapted quickly, hardening up to life at sea with a nonstop passage through the night to Gloucester, Massachusetts. The educational
Island librarians assist each other
Penobscot Bay island libraries were busy this summer. Librarians from the public and school libraries on North Haven, Vinalhaven and Islesboro visited each of the others’ libraries to assist one another with a variety of chores. The need for the workshops arose during one of the PenBay Librarians’ conferences held at the Island Institute in
PEI fishermen concerned about missing cod
It’s a case of disappearing cod, and Prince Edward Island fishermen are wondering why. The general manager of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association says that the declining cod stocks on the island are a mystery – to a degree and that degree is seals. “Stocks are declining despite the fact that we’ve had no
Vinalhaven receives digitized maps
On Sept. 10, at the most recent Comprehensive Planning Committee meeting, the Vinalhaven Land Trust presented the Town of Vinalhaven with several maps assembled from a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) database. The full-color maps, commissioned by the Vinalhaven Land Trust and prepared by Gordon Longsworth with help from his students at the College of the
Chef’s lawyers and fishermen support hook-caught codfish
A somewhat unlikely coalition of traditional Cape Cod fishermen, chefs of fine restaurants, and environmental lawyers has come together to promote codfish – not just any codfish, but specifically Chatham, Massachusetts hook-and-line caught cod. This three-way partnership has recognized that protecting and restoring the marine environment involves more than just rebuilding fish stocks, and also
Island sheep evicted, may return
When White’s Island, an idyllic retreat in the heart of Wiscasset, came up for sale, Bill Phinney, who lives up the street, snapped it up. He wanted to ensure that the island, long a refuge for Wiscasset residents and visitors, would remain wild and free. Phinney even placed some lawn chairs around the area to
Eastport’s new warehouse gets push
The stop-and-start progress toward a new warehouse for the Port of Eastport got a shove Sept. 16 when the Eastport Port Authority’s board of directors, unanimously declaring its commitment to the project, sent a proposal to Federal Marine Terminals for completion of the structure this fall. The action was driven, at least in part, by
Even faster
To the editor: Thanks for the mention of my Masters Championships race. Actually, my time was “well under the 44:00 standard” for 10,000 meters, rather than “400.” Herb Parsons North Haven
Women on the rocks
This winter, as usual, we’re bound to have a few off season visitors. It’s an odd group that visits the island during those dark months. The island has no features sufficiently redeeming to warrant people from away being here; that is, we’re unwilling to credit them with enough savvy to appreciate those subtle qualities that