“Saying ‘I’m sorry’ doesn’t even begin to cover the damage,” said lobsterman Leroy Bridges, of Deer Isle. He was talking about recreational boaters who get their boats wrapped around lobster gear and cut the buoys from the rope attached to traps on the ocean bottom. “If I were to reach in your [back] pocket and
Maritime lobster prices: high to customers, low to fishermen
Lobster prices for fishermen in two Canadian Maritime provinces are low while retail prices are high, and in New Brunswick lobstermen want to know why. But on Prince Edward Island they think they’ve figured it out. Rory McLellan, general manager of the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association, is charging price fixing by the processors, and
Riley water pickles
Ralph Gray’s sister-in-law Ruth Hartley used to have Ralph and Riley Water Pickles over for supper on Saturday night. Ruth would say to Ralph, “Do you want to have supper with us on Saturday,” and he’d say “Are you having beans?” because Ralph ate only baked beans at Satur-day supper. Ruth provided ham, hot dogs,
Summing it up: Ed Myers, 1916-2002
Ed Myers died Sept. 19 in Damariscotta. He was instrumental in drafting Maine aquaculture policy, and was granted the first Maine aquaculture lease ever. For almost a quarter-century, he counseled and supported prisoners weekly at the Maine State Prison through the Yokefellow Prison Ministry. He was a director of the Maine Peace Mission and a
MBNA college scholarship applications available
The MBNA Foundation is accepting applications for the 2003-2004 MBNA Maine College Scholarship Program. The program is open to all Maine high school seniors who plan to enroll as full-time freshmen at four-year accredited colleges or universities within the United States. Students are required to live with their parents or guardians as legal residents in
Cruising Guide to the New England Coast Including Hudson River, L.I. Sound and New Brunswick Coast
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
Lobstering in “Gray Zone” now matter of dispute
It’s called the “Gray Zone,” and for a long time the name fit as far as lobstermen from Maine and Grand Manan were concerned. But this summer it all changed, and now it’s an area of sometimes heated dispute. Both the U.S. and Canadian governments have laid claim to the “Gray Zone,” a roughly oval-shaped
A successful first year on Vinalhaven
Editor’s note: On Aug. 12, at the Annual Meeting of Vinalhaven Eldercare Services, Ivan Calderwood Homestead manager Maura Michael reported on the first year’s experience at the new Adult Family Care Home. Following are excepts from the report. Usually I start off with telling everyone the latest developments or what is going on at the
LobSense
If you were the lobster czar and could prescribe any measure you choose to manage the resource, what would you do? Thanks to a new computer program developed by Rhode Island lobsterman Richard Allen, the opportunity for lobstermen to be armchair managers has arrived. Allen developed the program, called LobSense, with support from a Pew