Town meeting began on Matinicus Island at 7 p.m. on April 27 in the New School, with 36 people in attendance. After nominating Maury Colton moderator, a motion was made to skip to the last article on the agenda, Article 44, wherein the town allows non-residents the ability to speak regarding issues not outlined in
Thanks for Grand Manan Seamen’s Memorial Day Expanding Jackson Lab
To the editor: Thank you for choosing Canada Post to deliver Working Waterfront for the past several years. We will miss doing business with you. Hopefully some of our people will subscribe to your paper. Shirley McGuire, Postmaster North Head Grand Manan, New Brunswick,Canada Seamen’s Memorial Day To the editor: In 1985 the Maine State
Trickling out the fish
This is an off-island report, a home cook’s tour of that big, noisy, glitzy, event in Boston I went to a couple of months ago. Now the Boston Seafood Show has gotten so big that the small fisheries producers among us have to sell their firstborn to afford a tiny booth, so that eliminates all
The gated coast; Oh, deer; Selective gear
At their recent town meeting, Islesboro residents left little doubt that access to the shore is important to them. Overwhelm-ingly, they voted down a landowner’s proposal to close an old public road that lets people reach the shore. “We’re not willing to give up [public] access, anywhere, any more!” declared one resident in a phrase
Burnt Church council election declared invalid
Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Minister Robert Thibault said in mid-May that he was optimistic about future relations between the federal government and the Burnt Church Mi’kmaq fishermen in New Brunswick. But by late in the month there wasn’t a recognized band council for him to negotiate with. On May 10, the federal Department of Indian
Victoria Station
Has anyone noticed the Victoria’s Secret catalogues are getting a little provocative? Woodrow McFadden has. He arrived just ahead of his wife, Emily, at the Post Office one day last week and it was almost worth it. Rifling through the chaff, he grabbed the V.S. Swim 2002 catalogue, tried to conceal it inside an Eddie
A new book brings a whole fishery to life
For five years this book was a gleam in the eyes of the people who participated in the Penobscot Bay Collaborative. Because it was a “deliverable” of that federally funded, multi-year effort, everyone knew it would one day make its appearance, at the end of the project’s fifth and final year. Boxes of Lobsters Great
North Atlantic Seafood to re-open Lubec’s former Stinson plant
It’s a small piece of economic good news for Lubec – but even a small piece is welcome around Cobscook Bay these days. The former Stinson Seafood plant, which was closed last July, is about to be a facility operated by North Atlantic Seafood of Stonington. Although the company will probably hire only six to
Island Fellows hold retreat, build music cabinets
Island Institute Fellows gathered on Swan’s Island May 9-12 for a retreat. A key component of such retreats is to offer a community service project to the host island. On Monhegan in September, 2001, the fellows led a coastal clean-up and participated in a musical offering at the church, which raised $400 for Monhegan’s new
At the S.S. Shanty, the emphasis is on action
While Maine fishing communities generally have a local hangout – a wharf, general store or small restaurant – where fishermen congregate to exchange information about gear and catch (or not), gripe about prices and ponder the latest regulations, but there’s nothing here quite like The S.S. Shanty, located in North Chatham on Cape Cod. Established