Fun on the high seas

The Old Man and I decided, now that we’re getting old, but not yet to the crickety stage, that if we were ever going to take time out to have some fun, we better be about it. God knows it’s next to impossible to make ends meet in this economy – so throwing worry to

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Duress

Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary defines “duress” as forcible restraint or restriction, compulsion by threat; specifically: unlawful constraint or coercion. I am a Hereditary Chief of the Mi’kmaq Grand Council. I am also a member of Esgenoopetitj community. Non-natives know us as Burnt Church First Nation. There was recently an agreement signed concerning lobster fishing, between the

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Birds of a feather

Cooper Island, August 7, 2002 – The motor vessel TURMOIL is at anchor 330 miles north of the Arctic Circle off the north coast of Alaska, eight miles east of Barrow. We are waiting to see if we might be able to press further on into the central Arctic Basin, a four- to five-day passage

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Mike Felton named Institute Education Outreach Director

After a two year Island Institute fellowship on Vinalhaven, Michael Felton will be joining the Institute staff as the Education Outreach Director. Mike’s fellowship focused on education and community development. He taught middle school social studies, college aspirations, and an eighth grade service learning class. The service learning class evolved into an extensive effort, spearheaded

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Demand for Irish moss is rising

Harvesting for Irish moss (Chondrus crispus), which 30 years ago and earlier was a seasonal occupation for some fishermen – historic photos in West Point show men using wooden wheelbarrows to bring it ashore to dry – has resurfaced as a potential source of income. FMC Corporation, located in Rockland, hoping to rebuild its Maine

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Baptist banquet benefits belfry

It started with a need. The Swan’s Island Baptist Church belfry needed structural repair, and two of the church ladies agreed a benefit banquet would be one good means of raising money for the project, all in accordance with the history of the church as written by Norman Staples’s mother back in the 1950s. The

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