http://www.workingwaterfront.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:57:17 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/images/ww_banner_bg.png http://www.workingwaterfront.com http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Cranberry-Report-Recipe-Fallback/14008/ In the middle of the end of summer I almost forgot to write the Cranberry Report. My deadline snuck up on me, and I started grasping for ideas. The frenetic pace of August in the Cranberry Isles can cause one's memory to lapse. With so much going on we are bound to forget a dinner invitation or an artist's opening or the offer we made to produce an item for a silent auction fundraiser. We scramble at the very last minute to make it all work out. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Barbara Fernald) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Cranberry-Report-Recipe-Fallback/14008/ 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/online-exclusives/Field-Notes-Community-Supported-Fisheries---Why-They-Matter/14019/ I just attended the Midcoast Fishermen's Association's (MFA) fish bake on August 22. If you missed it, don't let it happen again! Community members new, old and even a few young, piled into the town office down the St. George peninsula for a meal of steamed potatoes, breaded hake with Newberg sauce, salad, biscuits and enough desert to hold us diners over until spring. All of it, served up by fishing families that are working to change the trajectory of an industry. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Rob Snyder) Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Field-Notes-Community-Supported-Fisheries---Why-They-Matter/14019/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Vinalhaven-finds-its-spirit/14003/ Last holiday season, Main Street on Vinalhaven was missing much of its Christmas spirit--lights in storefronts were scarce, wreaths on telephone poles had vanished, and the popular Santa house at the end of town had gone AWOL. After that bleak display, a group of people gathered who had one thing in common: They gave a s***.  Thus was born the group WEGAS. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Claire Carter) Wed, 18 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Vinalhaven-finds-its-spirit/14003/ 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/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/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Worming-A-big-deal-in-Downeast-Maine/13996/ Digging worms is not considered a sought-after profession, since it is a job that promises stiff backs, mud-covered boots and hours of sweaty labor. Yet worming provides an income for many families in Downeast Maine. There are two types of worms in particular that are sought after and harvested by worm diggers, sand worms and bloodworms. Sand worms are the larger of the two and have two teeth. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Emily Eldridge) Wed, 11 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Worming-A-big-deal-in-Downeast-Maine/13996/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Essay-Matinicus-Elementary-School-How-things-really-work/13984/ Our new teacher arrives in mid-August, a young man from Minnesota with a wife and two small children. Family alongside, Mr. Duncan will climb out of the little airplane or hoist his gear up the ladder from the passenger boat or perhaps even subject his car to a wet, salty, two-hour ferry trip. He will be immediately inspected by a cluster of children ranging from kindergarten to middle school. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Eva Murray) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Essay-Matinicus-Elementary-School-How-things-really-work/13984/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Chebeague-explores-economics-of-farming/13985/ If you haven't visited Chebeague in the last 10 years, you might not recognize certain parts of the Island. Near the school's baseball field are the newly-built raised beds for the students' garden, crowded with ripening tomatoes, carrots and beets.  At the crest of tree-lined Roy Hill Road sits a wooden farm stand, its shelves waiting for the coming crops of potatoes, beans, squash and corn-all grown at nearby Second Wind Farm. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Anna Maine) Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Chebeague-explores-economics-of-farming/13985/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Well-Out-to-Sea-Year-Round-on-Matinicus-Island/13972/ The world stands still where we are. And that small piece of planet is ours alone. However cluttered in crowds of colleagues, comrades, friends, or family, we each receive the messages of earth and respond to them, from our separate stance. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Hannah Merker) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Well-Out-to-Sea-Year-Round-on-Matinicus-Island/13972/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Students-say-goodbye-to-CREST/13973/ After five years, thousands of students, and over 40 community-based projects, the Community for Rural Education Stewardship and Technology project, CREST, is winding down.  The $2 million National Science Foundation-funded Island Institute program, part of the Information Technology Experiences for Students & Teachers (ITEST) initiative, has spent the past five years linking classroom technology with community needs while improving the learning experience for both student and ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Cherie Galyean) Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Students-say-goodbye-to-CREST/13973/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Cranberry-Isles-postmasters-make-their-mark-Competition-launches-to-design-180th-anniversary-postmark/13951/ The town of Cranberry Isles is celebrating its 180th anniversary this year and postmasters Joy Sprague and Eileen Richards are putting their mark on the town-literally. The Great Cranberry and Islesford post offices are holding a design competition for a Cranberries-inspired pictorial postmark. "We thought this would be a great way to bring attention to the post offices," explains Great Cranberry postmaster Richards. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Cherie Galyean) Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Cranberry-Isles-postmasters-make-their-mark-Competition-launches-to-design-180th-anniversary-postmark/13951/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/In-the-black-with-Reds-Eats/13952/ Pass through the village of Wiscasset on any summer's day, and you'll see hungry customers lined up to order at Red's Eats. The colorful lobster shack perched on the bank of the Sheepscot River is something of a legend, known for its flocks of visitors, lobster rolls piled high with meat, and penchant for drawing national media attention. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Nancy Heiser) Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/In-the-black-with-Reds-Eats/13952/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Lubec-plans-for-future-without-high-school/13953/ Peering through the windows into the Lubec High School, everything appears normal. The classrooms are tidy, with desks lined up in perfect rows. Teaching texts are stacked on shelves. The school seems poised for the students to return in the fall. But in June, Lubec residents voted 269 to 230 to shutter the high school. The vote came after years of fierce debate over the school's fate, as declining enrollment and a shrinking tax base made it difficult to keep the doors open. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Craig Idlebrook) Tue, 13 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Lubec-plans-for-future-without-high-school/13953/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Treasure-hunt-on-Vinalhaven/13941/ The small, black pickup truck raced past Lawson’s Quarry in pursuit of North Haven Road, dodging pedestrians and passing slower cars. Once at its destination, the driver flew out the door while two of his accomplices jumped out of the back. “Go, go, go!” yelled a woman in the truck bed, “Hurry up!” “I got it!” yelled the driver, as he grabbed their objective and ran back to the truck. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Claire Carter) Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Treasure-hunt-on-Vinalhaven/13941/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Cranberry-Report-Setting-the-stage-for-summer/13847/ May and June are two of the busiest months in the Cranberry Isles. They hardly resemble the social whirl of July and August, but they are the time when the physical stage is set for whatever drama the summer will bring. Islesford postmaster, Joy Sprague, refers to Memorial Day weekend as the "dress rehearsal for summer." It's true. Plenty of people come back on this weekend to get ready for what comes next. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Barbara Fernald) Thu, 01 Jul 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Cranberry-Report-Setting-the-stage-for-summer/13847/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Long-View-Cheap-energy-is-our-birthright/13900/ As the sickening tragedy in the Gulf of Mexico plays out inexorably day after day, shutting down working waterfronts, encircling and choking island communities and poisoning fish, shellfish and wildlife across four states sharing that Gulf; it is worth taking a moment to reflect on what this national disaster means for the Gulf of Maine and the three states-and two Canadian provinces-that share our Gulf. The first lesson is a reflection on a course not taken. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Philip Conkling) Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Long-View-Cheap-energy-is-our-birthright/13900/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Law-firm-to-move-into-Portland-waterfront/13904/ Property owners in the central waterfront zone in Portland are generally-and perhaps surprisingly-optimistic about plans to convert the giant Cumberland Cold Storage building on Merrill Wharf into office space for northern New England's largest law firm. "The ripple effect will be huge," predicts Charlie Poole, owner of neighboring Union Wharf and a well-regarded spokesman for waterfront property owners. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Jeff Clark) Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Law-firm-to-move-into-Portland-waterfront/13904/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Essay-Summer-of-tears-A-fishermans-reaction-to-the-Gulf-oil-spill/13909/ The boat ride out, from Lafitte, Louisiana on Sunday, May 23 2010 to our fishing grounds was not unlike any other I have taken in my life as a commercial fisherman from this area. I have made the trip thousands of times in my 35-plus years shrimping and crabbing. A warm breeze in my face, it is a typical Louisiana summer day. Three people were with me, my wife Tracy, Ian Wren, and our grandson, Scottie. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Michael Roberts) Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Essay-Summer-of-tears-A-fishermans-reaction-to-the-Gulf-oil-spill/13909/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Opinion-Community-impacts-of-the-Gulf-Coast-BP-oil-spill/13910/ I've just returned from a week long tour of the small towns and fishing communities of the Gulf of Mexico with the Gulf Coast Fund, an organization that has been working since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to support and interconnect the underserved of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Texas and to encourage community self-sufficiency. During my stay, oil from the BP spill was just beginning to come ashore in Louisiana and Mississippi. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Michael Herz) Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Opinion-Community-impacts-of-the-Gulf-Coast-BP-oil-spill/13910/