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April 28
Music to be melancholy by
Oldies show stirs memories of awkward teen years
Whenever I can listen and do whatever else I’m doing simultaneously, I tune in to "At the Hop" on WERU-FM (89.9) on Saturday afternoons. Host Rick Foster’s regard for the music and for those of us he supposes are listening, his ironic consideration of the mood and the music, are perfectly conducive. As you might suspect—those of you not already…
April 28
An apology and an explanation
Columnist used literary license to satirize male ego
I wrote a column for this, the April issue of The Working Waterfront, a column about the absence of meaningful political discourse, particularly among elected representatives, the people we expect…
April 26
North Haven to offer ‘offshore year’
School recruits high school sophomores for program
Islanders sometimes wryly refer to the mainland as America. If that were true, a mainland student attending an island school would be like studying abroad. North Haven Community School is…
April 26
Living aboard: Damariscove Harbor was a family's home for 16 years
This story first appeared in The Working Waterfront in 2003. John and Robin Hammond lived aboard their wooden 1936 Casey Cutter, at Damariscove Island for 16 years. There, beside a…
April 26
Stonington hosts 'Jane’s Walk' on Saturday, May 7
'Pier to Pier: A Walk Through Time, Fishing, Quarrying & Culture' offers guided tour
Stonington and community collaborators will host on "Jane’s Walk: Pier to Pier, a Walk Through Time, Fishing, Quarrying and Culture" on Saturday, May 7. The event gathers friends, neighbors, and…
April 25
Native stories keep heritage alive
Passamaquoddy tales, from fable to origins
Stories Our Grandmothers Told Us Edited by Wayne Newell and Robert M. Leavitt Resolute Bear Press Review by Carl Little In his introduction to Kuhkomossonuk Akonutomuwinokot: Stories Our Grandmothers Told…
April 20
Whaling ship remains found in Gulf of Mexico
Fate of crew confirmed by newspaper research
NOAA and its partners have discovered the wreck of the 207-year-old whaling ship Industry on the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The remains of the 64-foot, two-masted wooden brig…
April 20
On-land shrimp farm gears up in Midwest
Company plans to grow 1.3 million pounds
As the herring gull flies, it's 1,500 miles between Madison Bay Harbor and the nearest saltwater at Hudson Bay in the Arctic Ocean. Maybe that’s because Madison Bay Harbor isn't…
April 5
WoodenBoat founder turns over the helm
Magazine evolved from saving history to celebrating thriving craft
In the early 1970s, Jon Wilson realized he wasn’t as good a boatbuilder as others whose works he admired. But he was a pretty good thinker about boatbuilding. “At that…
April 4
A new energy future in Eastport
Federal funds help plan new electricity models
As a child in Eastport, I often heard stories about the Quoddy Project, then not 20 years in the past. The project was going to generate electricity from tides using…
Island Postcards
EPISODE 10: Keep the Light Shining
Two ambitious young women swam around the entire Island of Isle au Haut during the summer of 2019 to raise money for crucial renovations to the lighthouse.
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