I’ve decided to renew my offer to accept an appointment as Manager of the Maine State Ferry Service. A couple of years ago I first extended that offer to Governor King, suggesting I serve for nothing for one year. If, at the end of that year, the Governor were to determine that I had not
Weather forecasts
Weather prediction has come a long way since the days when your uncle’s corns foretold a cold spell. Today, fishermen looking for the optimal weather window for steaming out to Georges Bank, weekend boaters looking for the select weekend to go cruising, or blue water ocean racers who want to win have more resources and
Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard
Penguin Books 2002 “Boatstruck” Here is a book written so well that you just want to carry it with you all the time – an instant passport to the world of wooden boatbuilding where a centuries-old style is used. Author Michael Ruhlman vividly writes about the craftsmanship and mystique of wooden boats and their renaissance
The fight for the Bagaduce
The story’s familiar: a lifelong resident gets a state permit – over the objections of some neighbors – to raise oysters in a coastal river. Two years later, another local man applies for a second permit to do much the same thing. Again, neighboring property owners object, concerned about property values, state rules they don’t
The Lobster Chronicles
New York: Hyperion Books, 2002 $22.95 Island life, viewed from within This is not a definitive book about lobstering, nor is it a contrived description of idyllic island life. It is a book in which island residents and small-town residents will see themselves and their communities: the frustrations, the benefits, the characters, the challenges, the
New Music CD from Vinalhaven
Among the many accomplished musicians living on Vinalhaven, Norm Reidy and Joe Nelson are two of the quieter ones. Neither one seems to feel the need to talk when they don’t have anything to say, and when they’re playing with a group in public both tend to pretty much stay in the background and support
A waterfront park for Swan’s Island
Swan’s Island, which has seen its access to the shore virtually disappear to private landowners and development over the last decade, has obtained an option to acquire a 10-acre parcel of open space on the historic Mill Pond in Burnt Coat Harbor. The $400,000 purchase price will be raised through donations and gifts, not from
Peaks Island prepares for neighborhood planning workshop
The Peaks Island neighborhood planning committee will hold a community planning workshop on Aug. 4 from 1 to 4 PM as a way to inform the community about the progress made by the committee and get input. The workshop offers an opportunity for the Peaks Island community to help plan its future. Peaks Islanders have
Baseball, island-style
With the bases loaded, our runner on third having the potential to score the tying run, two outs and a full count on the batter, it would have been an exciting point in any baseball game. Usually after this bottom-of-the-fourth inning, though, there would be two innings left, plenty of time to see who wins
CRANBERRY REPORT
Small car, bloody red moon, runaway horse Wed., May 1 – Temp. 50, wind WNW 6 knots, sun and showers off and on in P.M. Today is the day when the kids on the island, in my youth, would begin hanging or placing May baskets on each others’ doorsteps or porches, and usually rigging up