The first large ship to arrive and offload cargo at the Winterport Cold Storage Terminal in five years made its way up the Penobscot River in April. The 403-foot FRIO POSEIDON offloaded 1,000 metric tons of frozen squid from the Falkland Islands and was docked at the facility for over a week. Many onlookers stopped
Friendship students work with lobster larvae
As part of its Lobster Literacy initiative, The Lobster Conservancy (TLC) is carrying out a two-month educational program at the Friendship Village School. The program is funded through an MBNA Maine Excellence in Education Grant. It is a collaboration between teacher Carla Eutlser, TLC’s Education Coordinator Linda Archambault and Island Institute Fellow Dan O’Grady. Eutlser
Win a quilt … support a library!
As their major fundraising effort for 2002, Friends of the Chebeague Island Library will raffle a hand-appliquéd quilt depicting the flora and fauna of the island. Beginning with the original campaign to build the library, three quilts have been created to raise money for operations. The Town of Cumberland provides for maintenance only, so these
Too many fish: company lays off 600
Fishery Products International (FPI) Ltd. in May announced the layoff of 600 workers at its flounder processing plant in Marystown, Newfoundland. The move came only days after provincial Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Gerry Reid had expressed misgivings about FPI’s commitment to processing all its fish within the province. The action was described as a “voluntary
Spring chorus events on Islesboro
On April 9, Islesboro Central School hosted a musical extravaganza of combined bands and choruses from Lisbon, Islesboro, Mon-mouth, Oak Hill and Oxbow high schools. Over 150 musicians filled the Kinnicutt Center with a diverse offering of songs ranging from the Star Spangled Banner to The Magnificent Seven. Later in the month, Islesboro’s Community Chorus
The Boardmans of Islesboro: Seven generations, going strong
Since the late 1700s, Boardmans have lived on Islesboro. The youngest descendant of this prolific lineage is six-year old Davis Lamar Boardman, who only recently mastered the concept of property ownership. Her anxious response was to admonish her parents to never, ever sell off any of the family’s land on the island. Pondering the matter
Life’s list
About a week before the USA decided to take part in World War One, this columnist came into the world with his four and a half pounds and moan and bustle. Then a couple of weeks ago he came up all standing with the realization that every day from now on he’d be getting nearer
Bob Indiana, famous artist: Let’s give credit where it’s due!
You know that famous artist fella, Robert Indiana, who did the Love stamp so many years ago? Well, he lives here on this island – has lived here quite a while now – to the benefit and beauty of the town. A lot of stories have been written about Robert Indiana, his life and work,
Do it yourself
Doing it yourself has certain rewards. You learn to do things you never thought you could do. So, if we wanted our own “real” restaurant, with no working capital and only our four hands, there was only one thing to do – build it ourselves. The first thing we had to do was tackle Drake’s
Bangor firm refines its 12-year-old electronic navigation software
For thousands of years man has depended upon the stars for navigation. The development of the sextant and its forerunner, the astrolabe made the fixing of latitude (north and south) much easier, but the determination of longitude could not be plotted without an extremely accurate method of keeping time. John Harrison, a British clockmaker, was