http://www.workingwaterfront.com Sat, 17 May 2008 07:01:15 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/images/ww_banner_bg.png http://www.workingwaterfront.com http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Tyler-to-direct-Institute-publications/12256/ The Island Institute has chosen David Tyler, co-founder and former co-publisher of the Island Times, as its new publications director. He will replace David Platt, who is retiring after 18 years of leading the organization’s print and online publication efforts. Tyler will oversee the Working Waterfront newspaper, the Island Journal magazine, and other Institute publications projects. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Tyler-to-direct-Institute-publications/12256/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Parallel-44-Book-continues-a-long-tradition-ignoring-early-Maine/12290/ Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower is well written, carefully researched, critically acclaimed and enormously popular, a New York Times bestseller that’s helped Americans understand the real story of the Pilgrims. But from where I sit, here on our rocky side of the Gulf of Maine, it’s hard not to be upset by Philbrick’s egregious error of omission: the not inconsequential role that Maine, Mainers and Maine’s then-ruler, Ferdinando Gorges, played in the Pilgrims’ story. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Colin Woodard) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Parallel-44-Book-continues-a-long-tradition-ignoring-early-Maine/12290/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/The-Cranberry-Report-The-Joy-of-our-Lives/12291/ There is a lot of good energy around the islands these days. People are coming together more. From yoga classes to island sustainability meetings to weekly literary discussions to establishing a food buying club, several young adults have enthusiastically encouraged the rest of us to consider reducing our carbon footprints and to find more creative ways to spend our time. The response is positive. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Barbara Fernald) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/The-Cranberry-Report-The-Joy-of-our-Lives/12291/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/In-Search-of-Monhegans-Letters/12268/ Boundary surveying on Monhegan includes a lot of the same logistics as most island jobs, such as ferry schedules, housing if the job requires overnight stay and equipment transportation, as the ferries to Monhegan are only passenger ferries. Adding to Monhegan’s charm in the summer months are the always over interested tourists who feel compelled to stop in the midst of their day hike to ask you what you’re doing. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Michael Falla) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/In-Search-of-Monhegans-Letters/12268/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Writing-on-Stone-Scenes-from-a-Maine-Island-Life/12266/ In December 1991, Christina Marsden Gillis and her husband, John, suffered two parents’ greatest sorrow: the death of a child. Their son Ben, 26 years old, was killed in Kenya while flying eight European tourists from Mombassa to Little Governors Camp in the Masai Mara game preserve. A large bird flew through the windscreen of the small plane he was piloting; everyone died in the ensuing crash. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Carl Little) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Writing-on-Stone-Scenes-from-a-Maine-Island-Life/12266/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fishing-Smarter/12226/ Monhegan Island lobstermen are nearing the end of their first season under new rules. They are fishing a longer season with fewer traps per person, and so far, they’re having surprising success catching as many or more lobsters.“We are now fishing 300 traps apiece,” said Doug Boynton, who has been fishing off Monhegan for 38  years. “And the fishing is as good as when we were fishing 600 traps. That, to me, is miraculous. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Nancy Griffin) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fishing-Smarter/12226/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Small-World/12228/ John Higgins was enjoying breakfast at the Cocomar Restaurant in the Dominican Republic last February when he noticed something from home. It was a buoy hanging on the wall, and on the buoy was written the word “Vinalhaven.” Higgins, a member of the Island Institute board of trustees, took photos of the buoy and sent them to Island Institute president Philip Conkling.It turns out the buoy belongs to Vinalhaven lobsterman Leland Osgood. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Kris Osgood) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Small-World/12228/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Opposition/12229/ In a marine ecosystem often referred to as “the Saudi Arabia of wind,” where generation of unlimited amounts of this clean renewable energy are believed possible, some would-be ratepayers seem to care much as much about what’s on their horizons as their utility bills.Such thinking is evident on Nantucket Sound, where Cape Wind Associates proposes to install 130 3.6-megawatt wind turbines in a 24-square-mile portion of Horseshoe Shoal with an estimated output of 468 megawatts. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Peter Brace) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Opposition/12229/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-Lifeboat-for-Fishermen/12233/ When congress revised bankruptcy laws a few years ago, they included one major provision that didn’t get media attention: fishermen gained access to Chapter 12.Available to farmers for decades, Chapter 12 allows filers to restructure debt at current value, coordinate loan expenses with income, and stops a fishing boat repossession. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Deborah Dubrule) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/A-Lifeboat-for-Fishermen/12233/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Faced-with-challenges-lobstermen-call-for-US-Canadian-combined-effort/12234/ At the end of the fifth annual Canadian/U.S. Lobstermen’s Town Meeting, harvesters from both countries took an unprecedented step, voting to try a combined promotional effort for lobster.Generic promotion of lobster is a distinct departure from the trend to “brand” products from a specific place such as Maine or Alaska to cash in on the mystique of the place. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Nancy Griffin) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Faced-with-challenges-lobstermen-call-for-US-Canadian-combined-effort/12234/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Grey-seals-proliferate-along-the-Northeast-coast-alarming-fishermen/12235/ “They’re not spawning, they’re fleeing,” said Denny Morrow, Executive Director of the Nova Scotia Fish Packers Association, describing fish trying to avoid being eaten by grey seals that attack tight spawning schools. We all look for seals when on the water. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Sandra Dinsmore) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Grey-seals-proliferate-along-the-Northeast-coast-alarming-fishermen/12235/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Map-encourages-informed-use/12236/ The Damariscotta River Association (DRA) recently published an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to explore any section of the Damariscotta River Estuary. “A Small Craft Explorers’ Map and Guide” was created through a collaborative effort of DRA and various users and protectors of the river. All preserves and other tracts managed by the association are visible on the map, and boaters are encouraged to take time to stop and explore their trails and history. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Muriel L. Hendrix) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Map-encourages-informed-use/12236/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fundy-Tidal-Power-What-Impact-On-Fisheries/12238/ It’s no secret that tidal power is now being explored as a viable alternative to dependence on domestic and foreign fossil fuels. And the Bay of Fundy, with some of the highest tides in the world, is considered by experts to be a logical place for tidal power development.In April the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (BOFEP), in conjunction with the Province of New Brunswick, held a series of consultations with communities around the Bay. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Bob Gustafson) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fundy-Tidal-Power-What-Impact-On-Fisheries/12238/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Another-Hit-to-the-Working-Waterfront/12240/ Many coastal communities and islands will be losing a substantial portion of state education money as a result of the most recent supplemental budget that passed this week.Included within the recent supplemental budget was a Department of Education policy change that cuts special education funds from what are called “minimum receiver” towns. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Rep. Jonathan McKane) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Another-Hit-to-the-Working-Waterfront/12240/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fox-Islands-Arts-Festival-planned-for-May-29/12241/ Fifth through 12th graders from North Haven and Vinalhaven will celebrate the arts on May 29 through a variety of workshops and performances on North Haven. Workshops, taught by local artists, community members and teachers will include movement, stone cutting (granite), drama, poetry, origami, culinary arts, visual arts and instrumental and choral music in addition to drafting and fencing. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Keely Felton) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fox-Islands-Arts-Festival-planned-for-May-29/12241/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Five-Peaks-Island-artists-to-fill-GEM-Gallery/12242/ Summer at Peaks Island’s GEM Gallery means weekly shows by member artists, opening on Thursday nights and running through the following Tuesday.  Joining to fill display stands and the walls are potters Rick Boyd and Pamela Williamson, printmaker and painters Jane Banquer and Jeanne O’Toole Hayman and photographer Victor Romanyshyn. Join islanders and friends for the opening or make a picnic day of island art and discovery. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Five-Peaks-Island-artists-to-fill-GEM-Gallery/12242/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Chebeague-Island-appoints-temporary-administrator-mulls-changes-to-post/12243/ After the Town of Chebeague replaced its first town administrator in March, the Board of Selectmen may think again about how the position is structured, according to a selectmen.Scott Seaver began the job as Chebeague Island’s interim town administrator April 1. Seaver took over for Ron Grenier, who resigned March 15. Seaver’s contract is good through June 30.Chebeague Island seceded from the Town of Cumberland and became its own town on July 1, 2007. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by David Tyler) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Chebeague-Island-appoints-temporary-administrator-mulls-changes-to-post/12243/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Plans-for-port-recreation-drawn-for-Sears-Island/12244/ Marine transportation, recreation, education and conservation can coexist on Sears Island, according to members of the Joint Use Planning Committee, who have worked over the last nine months to delineate the island into 600 acres of conservation land and 341 acres zoned for transportation uses. Gov. John Baldacci created the Sears Island Planning Initiative in January of 2006 in an attempt to end decades of controversy and uncertainty surrounding the island’s fate. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Catherine Schmitt) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Plans-for-port-recreation-drawn-for-Sears-Island/12244/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Island-Fellows-sought-for-community-projects/12245/ The Island Institute’s Island Fellows program is soliciting applications for 2008-2009, seeking to fill up to eight positions. Island Fellow placements address pressing challenges facing Maine’s year-round island and remote coastal communities.This cohort of Fellows marks the 10th anniversary of the Island Fellows program, which has significantly changed over the years.The first island fellow, Susan Little, was hired to do sea sampling in Casco Bay from February to June 1999. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Cyrus Moulton) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Island-Fellows-sought-for-community-projects/12245/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Island-early-childhood-educators-hold-annual-retreat/12246/ The end of March brought together committed early childhood educators from the islands for the second Skipping Stones, Island Early Childhood Educators Conference, held at the Country Inn in Rockport each year. Staff and committee members from North Haven, Vinalhaven, Long Island, Chebeague and Islesboro took part. Participants brought with them a variety of experiences with the common thread of island challenges and advantages, from family childcare to school-based pre-K programs. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Keely Felton) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Island-early-childhood-educators-hold-annual-retreat/12246/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Isle-au-Haut-adopts-budget-re-elects-officials/12247/ On March 31, Isle au Haut residents and visitors gathered for the annual town meeting. By the time voting was underway, over 40 people had settled in, most attempting to gain coveted back-row seats.  Though 79 articles were put before the 27 registered attendees, the meeting ran a relatively efficient five and a half hours, not including the hour-long lunch break. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Morgan Witham) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Isle-au-Haut-adopts-budget-re-elects-officials/12247/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fishery-management-council-candidate-tours-downeast-communities/12254/ Gary Libby, founding member of the Midcoast Fishermen’s Association from Port Clyde, met with fishermen from seven communities from Stonington to Eastport over the weekend of April 19th. The meetings were designed to allow Libby to listen to fishermen’s concerns and gain a deeper understanding of the issues affecting Downeast fisheries.Gary Libby is Gov. John Baldacci’s top choice for appointment to the state’s at-large seat on the New England Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC). ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Jennifer Litteral) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Fishery-management-council-candidate-tours-downeast-communities/12254/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Bar-Harbor-votes-to-cap-number-of-cruise-ship-visitors/12255/ The Bar Harbor Town Council voted unanimously to cap the number of cruise ship passengers allowed ashore in the town per day. Whereas previous regulations only limited the number of cruise ships in the harbor, the new regulations say between 3,500 and 3,700 people can disembark each day in the summer months and 5,500 people can disembark during the spring and fall shoulder seasons. Cruise ship workers will not be counted toward the cap. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Craig Idlebrook) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Bar-Harbor-votes-to-cap-number-of-cruise-ship-visitors/12255/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Portland-firm-recycles-sails-things-green-and-supports-good-causes/12257/ What do you call a manufacturing business that has managed to thrive while keeping its entire production local and maintaining a “green” mentality and a true sense of community? In Maine, some would call it miraculous.Sea Bags produces a line of high quality tote bags made from recycled sails. Owners Hannah Kubiak and Beth Shissler are adamant about keeping production of their product in Maine, and in Portland in particular; some similar products are produced overseas. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Kris Osgood) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Portland-firm-recycles-sails-things-green-and-supports-good-causes/12257/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Galleries-proliferate-on-Deer-Isle/12258/ “A handful of us on Deer Isle have been a little bit frustrated about getting our work out there,” said artist Maureen Farr, explaining the reasoning behind Deer Isle village’s new co-operative art gallery. The Red Dot Gallery, in the center of town, will have a daylong grand opening on Saturday, May 24, from 10 to 5. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Sandra Dinsmore) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Galleries-proliferate-on-Deer-Isle/12258/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Product-Idea/12259/ To the editor:Here’s a product idea for the lobster industry: last Christmas (and the Christmas before) I tried to find packaged, freeze-dried, or canned Maine lobster meat to send to friends in other states. I tried the supermarkets, the specialty stores, and asked the few lobstermen who were still going out. No luck. I’d like to see such a product — maybe six ounces of lobster meat for maybe $10 retail — the sort of thing to stuff the stockings of four or five distant friends. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (Vincent Frazzetta) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Product-Idea/12259/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/German-Battleship/12231/ To the editor:I always enjoy your paper. This time my hat is off to Bill Terra — builder of the 30-foot model of the German battleship Graf Spee (WWF April 2008). Too bad the Rockland boat show didn’t let him display it. Heck, I’d have paid money to see it!Frank FergusonBrookline, MA info@workingwaterfront.org (Frank Ferguson) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/German-Battleship/12231/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Scurvy-How-a-Surgeon-a-Mariner-and-a-Gentleman-Solved-the-Greatest-Medical-Mystery-of-the-Age-of-Sail/12264/ In 1740 a British fleet under the command of Commodore George Anson sailed for the Pacific with instructions to attack a Spanish treasure galleon carrying silver from Acapulco to the Philippines. England and Spain had gone to war in 1739 over “trade rights” and capture of the treasure ship would strike at the heart of the Spanish economy. Although the galleon was eventually seized, from a personnel standpoint the expedition was an unmitigated disaster. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Harry Gratwick) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Scurvy-How-a-Surgeon-a-Mariner-and-a-Gentleman-Solved-the-Greatest-Medical-Mystery-of-the-Age-of-Sail/12264/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Going-Green-and-Local-Knowledge/12263/ To the editor:Reading about the “greening” of the town of Cranberry Isles (WWF April 2008) and the area supermarkets was exciting. “Little Things,” the title of the editorial, obviously add up to something much bigger. I would add a credit to Hannaford Brothers:  the reusable green bag I bought in the Bangor store last August is a very tasteful shade of green, plus roomier and better designed than those offered in three different chains here —and for the same price. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (Byrna Weir) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Going-Green-and-Local-Knowledge/12263/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/The-Long-View-Not-All-Places-Are-Created-Equal/12267/ Last year when Maine legislators approved Governor Baldacci’s school consolidation plan in an effort to reduce looming state budget deficits, they quietly carved out exemptions for Indian and island schools, where consolidation is widely regarded as tantamount to ringing the community death knell. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Philip W. Conkling) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/The-Long-View-Not-All-Places-Are-Created-Equal/12267/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Wicked-Good/12260/ To the editor:Thanks for your article on the Crown Pilot cracker “problem” (WWF April 2008). Although I’m from “away” and have never eaten or made chowder with them, they top my list for crackers. That comes from a “cracker freak.”These crackers are always in my cupboard with a back-up box ready at hand.Realistically, I suppose Nabisco, along with the rest of the world, is based on the theory that new is always better. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (Liz Sizemore) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Wicked-Good/12260/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/More-on-Pilots/12261/ To the editor:I for one, (not from Maine) have been searching for Pilot crackers for over a year now. Wherever I travel, I “case out” food stores looking for these crackers, to no avail. I read the recent article in Working Waterfront this a.m. written by Sandy Oliver and at least I now understand what is going on and why I can not find them.  I live in Conn., grew up in Ma. and spent time in Maine every year. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (Leslie Sullivan) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/More-on-Pilots/12261/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Still-more%A6/12262/ To the editor: I spent every summer of my childhood in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Two of my favorite foods both in Maine and at home in Syracuse, NY, were Crown Pilot and Dandy Soup and Oyster crackers. When I moved south after college, (I have lived in the Washington D.C. area for 40 years) I was able to get both types of crackers. I sort of lost touch with Crown Pilot, but remained ridiculously attached to Dandy. No other oyster crackers could (or can) compare. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (Sara Toye) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/mail/Still-more%A6/12262/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Repo-rumor-swirls-among-lobstermen-swamped-in-debt/12232/ Lacking hard data or the sight of fishing boats clogging up coastal bank parking lots, it’s difficult to confirm persistent and growing rumors that repossessions are soaring and as many as 100 lobstermen could lose their boats through loan defaults this year.The number of commercial fishing vessel repossessions in Maine — and nationwide — is not available. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Deborah Dubrule) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Repo-rumor-swirls-among-lobstermen-swamped-in-debt/12232/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/editorials/Exporting-our-Problems/12225/ At the risk of appearing as if we’ve taken sides in a reliably contentious island issue, we’re publishing yet another story on island-based energy development. This time the location is the Nantucket-Martha’s Vineyard-Block Island area in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, where Cape Wind Associates wants to locate a mega-project, and where the three island communities are working on ways to achieve greater energy independence. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by David D. Platt) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/editorials/Exporting-our-Problems/12225/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Navigating-wakes-and-shoals-an-association-protects-a-river-and-its-resources/12227/ Barnaby Porter, who has lived on the Damariscotta River for close to 40 years, tells the story of a day when he, his son and naturalists from the Chewonki Foundation tried to return an young osprey to the nest on a navigational marker that the bird had fallen from.  “We pretty much knew it was a fruitless mission,” he says (Chewonki did end up caring for the osprey), “but we wanted to see if we could get it back into the nest. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Muriel L. Hendrix) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Navigating-wakes-and-shoals-an-association-protects-a-river-and-its-resources/12227/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/PEI-fish-plants-take-steps-to-find-more-workers/12237/ The Prince Edward Island Seafood Processors Association  (PEISPA) is attempting to address a lack of suitable accommodations for fish plant workers.Michael MacInnis, executive director of the association, cites a lack of workers and competition from other sectors as part of the problem of finding workers for the industry in Canada’s smallest province. But more important is the lack of a good transportation system. Hence, the need to set up accessible accommodations near processing plants. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Kathy Birt) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/PEI-fish-plants-take-steps-to-find-more-workers/12237/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/A-Coastal-Companion-A-Year-in-the-Gulf-Of-Maine-From-Cape-Cod-to-Canada/12265/ It is mid-April as I write this, flipping pages through this enchanting book, arranged to take us on an ecological, environmental, perceptive creature-journey of a year, from January 1 to December 31, a path touching the rise and receding of seasons and the living forces that harbor planet earth as home.I must watch, I note, for April’s full moon on the 20th, the Pink Moon, named for the wild ground phlox, one of the season’s earliest blooms. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Hannah Merker) Thu, 01 May 2008 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/A-Coastal-Companion-A-Year-in-the-Gulf-Of-Maine-From-Cape-Cod-to-Canada/12265/