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July 2, 2009 | Incorporating the Inter-Island News

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Featured News Headlines ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS Community celebrates Fox Islands wind power groundbreaking by David A. Tyler “I think it will be a wonderful thing for the island. It will cut the price of electricity and in the future we won’t have to depend on mainland electricity since we’ll have our own here.” —Sonny Warren, Vinalhaven lobsterman INTER-ISLAND NEWS Tell us about your island vehicle by David A. Tyler We want you to send us a photo of you and your island vehicle. We want to know the basics, such as make, model and year and when it came to the island. But also tell us about your car’s quirks, such as things that don’t work anymore or improvised repairs you’ve had to make to keep it going. COMMUNITIES Housing blocked, group charges discrimination by Craig Idlebrook Milbridge residents voted 68 to 49 to impose a 180-day moratorium on multifamily housing construction. The moratorium vote halted a Mano en Mano project to build six affordable housing units for farm and aquaculture workers. INTER-ISLAND NEWS, PEOPLE House calls still made on Vinalhaven by Kris Osgood While house calls are a thing of the past in most of the rest of the country, on Vinalhaven and other Maine islands they are a mainstay in the host of medical services offered. past issues This Month's Issue BUSINESS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS, PEOPLE A passion for cooking leads to island bakery by Cherie Galyean BUSINESS Barge-borne refinery sections make voyage from Maine to Texas by David D. Platt ARTS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS Artist braves island winters for different view of Islesboro by Sandy Oliver BUSINESS, MARINE Maine lobster industry still hurting by Sandra Dinsmore BUSINESS, MARINE Cod farming returns to Maine by Muriel L. Hendrix INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE Island lobster license bill signed into law by David A. Tyler BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, MARINE Maine sets sail to be wind energy leader by Catherine Schmitt BUSINESS, MARINE A profile of the average lobsterman by Sandra Dinsmore BUSINESS, COMMUNITIES New rules in place to help Bar Harbor cope with bigger cruise ships by Sally Noble COMMUNITIES, INTER-ISLAND NEWS New affordable housing bond can help coast, islands by David A. Tyler BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS Monhegan Island residents updated on wind power project by Micah Conkling INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE Ferry ramp work poses transportation challenge for Islesboro by Sandy Oliver INTER-ISLAND NEWS A year after fire, new Matinicus Island Post Office opens by Eva Murray ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS Island Institute announces Four-Season Island Agriculture Fund awards by Shey Conover INTER-ISLAND NEWS, PEOPLE North Haven fellow enjoys making island history more accessible by Kathy Lane ARTS, MARINE Library celebrates working waterfront with art by Sandra Dinsmore BUSINESS, MARINE The spiny dogfish: a fish for the recession by Sally Noble	archive Online Exclusives MARINE I have the right of way… or do I? by Commander Brian J. Downey Jr. Crossing a deep draft ship’s path, could take a boat into the ship’s blind spot. As a boat disappears into the blind spot, the bridge watch is thinking, “We can’t see the boat!” COMMUNITIES, INTER-ISLAND NEWS New affordable housing bond can help coast, islands by David A. Tyler A major affordable housing bond that will have a huge impact on housing in the state also has the flexibility to help island and coastal residents. columns archive Columns INTER-ISLAND NEWS Cranberry Report Summer rituals by Barbara Fernald UNCATEGORIZED Parallel 44 The Oak Island Mystery by Colin Woodard BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE Long View Local food; local energy by Philip W. Conkling reviews archive Reviews ARTS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS “Catching the Light: The Frenchboro Paintings” Daud Akhriev review by Carl Little ARTS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS Penobscot Bay: People, Ports and Pastimes Harry Gratwick review by David A. Tyler
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