http://www.workingwaterfront.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:54:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/images/ww_banner_bg.png http://www.workingwaterfront.com http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Where-are-the-herring/14023/ Landings of herring from inshore waters known as Area 1A are dramatically less than in years past, causing scientists, seine fishermen and lobstermen to shake their heads in confusion. According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, Fisheries Statistics Division, herring landed from Area 1A comprised just 1,394 metric tons by July 31. Last year at the same time the cumulative landings were 12,270 metric tons. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Melissa Waterman) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Where-are-the-herring/14023/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Parallel-44-Origins-of-the-Mass-Effect/14024/ Fellow Mainers: ever wonder why it is that if a car cuts you off on the highway and it just happens to have Massachusetts plates our reaction is so much more intense than if they'd been from Ohio or Vermont? And why is it that, in an effort to upset southern Mainers, Northern Maine secessionist legislator Henry Joy (R-Crystal) proposed that after a split, their part of the state should be renamed "North Massachusetts"? We don't talk about it much in ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Colin Woodard) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Parallel-44-Origins-of-the-Mass-Effect/14024/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-tour-behind-the-shipyard-gates/14022/ A group of twenty people of varying ages climb aboard a trolley parked at the entrance of the Maine Maritime Museum. We're headed down Washington Street to the naval shipyard at Bath Iron Works, which occupies 50 acres along the Kennebec River. For security purposes, we showed identification at the reception desk, signed our names, and noted our countries of origin. Cell phones, cameras, and large bags were left behind. We reserved our spots well in advance. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Nancy Heiser) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-tour-behind-the-shipyard-gates/14022/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Long-View-Remembering-Matt-Simmons/14021/ Matt Simmons, a long time friend of the Maine coast and its islands and a student of the winds and waters of the Gulf of Maine, loved to tell the story of his first trip to Maine, courtesy of a labor strike while he worked construction one summer as a college student in his home state of Utah. When a labor dispute suddenly shut down the construction site, he and a buddy were only too happy to collect their strike checks and head out on a jaunt. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Philip Conkling) Tue, 31 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Long-View-Remembering-Matt-Simmons/14021/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Not-just-another-pot-pie/14009/ Local seasonal seafood, a community in search of a way to add value to traditional fishing, and few good ideas from an educational and socially oriented non-profit are the basic ingredients of Cobscook Bay Company's Maine Fresh seafood pies.  But it would be just another pot pie in search of an appetite if it were not for their world class recipe and a business plan being carefully crafted for a January 2011 launch. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Leslie Bowman) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Not-just-another-pot-pie/14009/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Changing-Times/14010/ Like most changes on Portland's historic waterfront, this change won't happen without a fight-or at least protracted negotiations and a certain amount of politics. The change, if it happens, would be a liberalization of the working-waterfront zoning that has controlled the ways the piers along Commercial Street are used. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by David D. Platt) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Changing-Times/14010/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Peaks-Island-wind-testing-initiative-moving-forward/14007/ For the past two years, the Peaks Environmental Action Team's (PEAT) wind group has worked toward testing the wind resource on Peaks Island. The group has hosted community meetings and informational talks for island residents. Lead by Sam Saltonstall, this volunteer group spent hours exploring the issue, considering a variety of test options and looking at grant opportunities. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Mary K. Terry) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Peaks-Island-wind-testing-initiative-moving-forward/14007/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/From-Eastport-to-Turkey-with-love/14005/ When the 425-foot cargo freighter Artisgracht left Eastport on July 18, there were 470 pregnant dairy cows riding on deck in newly patented livestock containers. The success of the 13-day trip to Turkey was measured in numbers: 472 cows landed safely. The cargo was shipped by Sexing Technologies of Navasoto Texas, which holds a semen gender selection patent as well as the patent for the containers. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Leslie Bowman) Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/From-Eastport-to-Turkey-with-love/14005/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Swans-Island-explores-wind-feasibility/14004/ A formal study to determine the feasibility of wind power for Swan's Island and Frenchboro is set to begin in mid-September. The Swan's Island Electric Cooperative purchases power from Bangor Hydro and supplies both islands utilizing five undersea cables. The cost to residents, which averages around 30 cents per kilowatt-hour, is nearly three times the price paid on the mainland. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Donna Wiegle) Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Swans-Island-explores-wind-feasibility/14004/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/The-Mainely-T-Tour-Comes-to-Rockland/13997/ For many years Rockland has hosted a number of celebratory events during the summer. They include the Maine Lobster Festival, the Maine Boats, Homes and Harbors Show, the Maine Windjammer Parade and the North Atlantic Blues Festival. This year add to the list The Mainely T Tour, which will be arriving the week after Labor Day, September 7-11. This will be the 25th year of the Mainely Model T Tour hosted by the Down East Chapter of the Model T Club of America. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Harry Gratwick) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/The-Mainely-T-Tour-Comes-to-Rockland/13997/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Luck-innovation-keeps-some-Washington-County-schools-thriving/13995/ Washington County officials can be forgiven for being nervous over the future of their schools. The population of school-age children continues to decline, resulting in the inevitable debate over the economic feasibility of keeping schools open. Recently, Lubec residents voted to shudder the town's high school. Last year, it was Columbia Falls' elementary school that closed. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Craig Idlebrook) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Luck-innovation-keeps-some-Washington-County-schools-thriving/13995/