March 12, 2010 | Incorporating the Inter-Island News

Featured News Headlines

COMMUNITIES, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Field Notes: Housing policies on an island scale

by Rob Snyder

Working residents, people who often have a good jobs sterning on a lobster boat or teaching in the school are increasingly unable to save up to buy an island home.

Riding horses at Doug Tompkins' ranch.
PEOPLE

Objects in Mirror: Gauchos in the Beagle Channel

by Philip Conkling

José gallops easily past him and then it is all over—we are instantly all at a full gallop down the valley as the landscape opens up—and it's Katy Bar the Door.

Chad Allen, of Cianbro, inside of wind turbine tower.
BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE

Beyond power: Will offshore wind development bring jobs?

by Suzanne Pude and Gillian Garratt-Reed

The development of offshore wind power projects, as well as Maine’s goal to create 15,000 jobs, are dependent on a number of factors.

Rockweed
ENVIRONMENT, MARINE

Fathoming: What we know about rockweed

by Dr. Heather Deese and Catherine Schmitt

A primary role of rockweed in the ecosystem is physical, as habitat. Animals move around between plants and with the tides, and scientists only have snapshots of what species are in a rockweed bed at any given time.

This Month's Issue

BUSINESS, ENVIRONMENT, INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE

Fathoming: What are the marine impacts of offshore wind turbines?

by Dr. Heather Deese and Catherine Schmitt
ARTS, EDUCATION, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

North Haven’s entire high school class takes part in drama festival

by Lisa Shields
BUSINESS, MARINE

More focus on networking at annual fishermen’s forum

by Gillian Garratt-Reed
BUSINESS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

By taking test, you can help broadband mapping project

by Staff Writer
INTER-ISLAND NEWS, PEOPLE

Winter on Chebeague means skating at Sanford’s Pond

by Anna Maine
INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE

Inactive Matinicus Rock weather station to be fixed

by Steve Cartwright
ARTS, COMMUNITIES

Performance center brings entire community together

by Sandra Dinsmore
BUSINESS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Providing housing and loans to Isle au Haut residents for 20 years

by Kate Taylor
MARINE

Navigation system to be turned off, what will be GPS back up?

by Erno Bonebakker
INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Challenges of island government appeal to new town manager

by Maggy Aston
INTER-ISLAND NEWS, MARINE

Cranberry Isles residents consider paying for more winter ferry runs

by Cherie Galyean
ARTS, EDUCATION, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Vinalhaven students explore ethics

by Kris Osgood
BUSINESS, MARINE

Container service returns to Portland

by Erno Bonebakker
BUSINESS, MARINE

Yarmouth mayor campaigns to restore CAT ferry

by Bob Gustafson

Online Exclusives

PEOPLE, MARINE

Objects in Mirror: Never say no to an island

by Philip Conkling

We spent the first four days on the 54-foot cutter rigged sloop, Pelagic, failing at our first attempt to round Cape Horn with three reefs in the main tacking against 45-knot winds on the bow with a nasty lee shore off to port.

COMMUNITIES

Take part in The Working Waterfront survey

by David A. Tyler

We are conducting a reader survey to mark the first anniversary of The Working Waterfront E-Weekly. Readers have told us how much they enjoy this feature. We ask you to complete this survey, so we can continue to improve the E-Weekly. Thank you for your feedback.

INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Vinalhaven basketball teams have a good tournament run

by Kris Osgood

The Vinalhaven boys’ team made the Western Class D finals and the girls’ team played in the semifinals.

ENVIRONMENT, MARINE

From the Town Landing: Voting with their fins

by Anne Hayden and Philip Conkling

Now that the dust has settled from the intense political debate that swirled through the Copenhagen climate change conference, we should ask ourselves what the current research indicates for the future of fisheries in the Gulf of Maine.

Columns

MARINE

Venturing: Techno kids

by David D. Platt
MARINE

Parallel 44: With taxpayer help, science spreads on the Portland waterfront

by Colin Woodard
EDUCATION, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

For Matinicus students, leaving home comes early

by Eva Murray
INTER-ISLAND NEWS

Journal of an Island Kitchen: Growing endives in the bathroom

by Sandy Oliver
ARTS, INTER-ISLAND NEWS

The ABC’s of a Cranberry Winter

by Barbara Fernald
ENVIRONMENT

Islands can help fight global warming

by Aviva Rahmani

Reviews

ARTS, PEOPLE

Maine 101: Everything You Wanted to Ask About Maine and Were Going to Ask Anyway

Nancy Griffin
review by David A. Tyler
ARTS, MARINE

Fatal Journey: The final Expedition of Henry Hudson

Peter C. Mancall
review by Harry Gratwick
Sea Truk
Thornton Oaks
Original Maine Shrimp Cookbook
2009 Island Journal
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