BUCKSPORT — If all goes according to plan, there soon will be a new lobster-processing facility just east of the Penobscot River. In July, the city council voted unanimously to dedicate a plot of land in its industrial park to Central Maine Cold Storage. The company expects to break ground on a seafood processing facility
Castine, MMA seek collaboration
CASTINE — At first glance, a recent town-and-gown meeting between Castine town officials and officials from Maine Maritime Academy may seem like back-page news. The two sides discussed the possibility of future collaboration along Castine’s waterfront. Nothing was decided, but both sides shared ideas. “We try to meet institutionally once a month with the town
Islands not immune from bee colony collapse
One third of the crops grown in the United States for consumption are pollinated by bees. In Maine alone, the 60,000 acres of blueberry barrens are pollinated almost exclusively by bees, and make up a $250 million industry. Yet honey bees are suffering dramatic losses from Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), defined as a loss of
Bar Harbor or bust — the voyage of Heron, Part III
This is the final part of a three-part series chronicling the journey by Bogart Salzberg from Portland to Mount Desert Island, a challenge inspired by is diagnosis with terminal brain cancer. “High winds and seas today, worse tomorrow.” I heard the weather report, but I wasn’t listening. My mind was made up. I was setting
Climate change is complicated–so let’s discuss
I recently asked a shellfish grower and a lobsterman how they are coping with all they are learning about climate change. We were walking to dinner, having just spent the day together hearing presentations from fishermen and scientists on how ocean warming and acidification would make it increasingly hard to continue making a living in
LePage’s salt water baptism
Sure, it was one of those lightweight and predictable things an elected official does—appear at a summer festival, smile and remind voters that he understands their world and its problems. But still, Gov. Paul LePage’s visit to the Maine Lobster Festival on Aug. 1 earns him some points. He posed for a photo with the
Frenchboro seeks to heal harbor headache
FRENCHBORO — Five years after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was alerted to illegal moorings in Lunt Harbor, this tiny island community’s main thoroughfare, the situation lingers on, although there has been some improvement. Recently the Corps’ senior project manager, Jay Clement, who administers the federal navigation projects that run through the harbor, warned
Lyme disease and the 100 percent solution
She steps out from behind a tall bayberry bush at the edge of the tawny field of summer. An involuntary shiver ripples over her flank. She twists her head looking back as a pair of fawns, dappled with white spots, follows tentatively in her footsteps. The dog on the porch is instantly alert, every muscle
The DIY days of lobster gear
A warning: this column contains some “back in my day” nostalgia. I’ll be borrowing it from others since my own material only covers cassette tapes, sending your film to get developed and that time when people thought Beanie Babies were a good financial investment. Once upon a time, Swan’s Islands’ lobstermen made the majority of
Island girls — ties that last
Of the many words I have wished I could take back, I keep remembering the time I blurted out to one of my closest friends, Colleen: “But you’re not actually an islander”¦” Colleen and her family have spent every summer since I can remember here on Little Cranberry Island. Though she has never weathered a