http://www.workingwaterfront.com Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:16:36 +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-Potluck-luck/13713/ As I played my phone messages back on Friday, March, 5, I heard a request from Amy Palmer, treasurer of the Islesford Neighborhood House Association: "Would you be willing to bake some bread for the Town Meeting lunch on Monday?" Apparently I had missed seeing the poster at the Islesford Post Office, where island residents were asked to sign up to bring salads, breads or desserts to accompany the homemade soups. No problem. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Barbara Fernald) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Cranberry-Report-Potluck-luck/13713/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Students-remember-school-food-director/13718/ On a normal weekday afternoon, the Chebeague Island School couldn't be busier. With classes over, the students twirl and skip down the single hallway, creating a ruckus. Over the din, backpacks and lunchboxes are gathered; coats and hats donned. Teachers Kristin Westra and Ruth White act like sheepdogs, herding the youngsters towards the bus that will take them home. Things were quite different on the afternoon of February 24. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Anna Maine) Thu, 01 Apr 2010 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Students-remember-school-food-director/13718/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Field-Notes-Housing-policies-on-an-island-scale/13706/ The building I am looking at on Vinalhaven is a nondescript, large two-story structure that used to function as an island store. Having just arrived after a quick walk up the hill from "down street," I am a stones' throw from the historical society, the Arts and Recreation Center and its Cafe, and beyond I can see the recently restored town offices and Carvers Pond. It would be a good place to rent an apartment for a young family who needs to be close to everything. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Rob Snyder) Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Field-Notes-Housing-policies-on-an-island-scale/13706/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Take-part-in-The-Working-Waterfront-survey/13686/ 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.http://survey.constantcontact.com/survey/a07e2r4fsy4g62bdi0f/start   info@workingwaterfront.org (by David A. Tyler) Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Take-part-in-The-Working-Waterfront-survey/13686/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Performance-center-brings-entire-community-together/13658/ When Suzy Shepard, Stonington hair stylist and fisherman's wife and mother came to the first tryout for Fiddler On The Roof back in 2000, she never planned to try out for a part. Shepard saw the ad in the local paper, Island Ad-Vantages, and was curious because she knew the story of the musical. "I hadn't been in a school play since 6th grade and thought, ‘I'll sit in the back row and watch.'" She came in, sat down, and saw some people she knew and some she didn't. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Sandra Dinsmore) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Performance-center-brings-entire-community-together/13658/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Milbridge-workforce-housing-proposal-tangled-up-in-lawsuits/13651/ The town of Milbridge faces two lawsuits and a possible federal complaint over its handling of an application to build low-income workforce housing. In July 2009, Mano en Mano, a nonprofit that wishes to build the workforce housing, filed suit against the town, alleging officials there illegally discriminated against the group by blocking and delaying the project for over a year. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Craig Idlebrook) Mon, 01 Feb 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Milbridge-workforce-housing-proposal-tangled-up-in-lawsuits/13651/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Field-Notes-Making-the-invisible-visible/13635/ Sitting over a chart and a couple of beers at the Black Bull, a fisherman explains to me, "When I can line up Grey Rock and this point of land, I know I am at the western edge of my territory; from there it goes to this corner and runs out to the fifty- fathom curve... this is my family's bottom, and it is part of the community's bottom." In this discussion, lines are being drawn on a seemingly unbound ocean. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Rob Snyder) Wed, 13 Jan 2010 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Field-Notes-Making-the-invisible-visible/13635/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Workers-management-at-odds-at-Milbridge-nursing-home/13597/ Health care workers and management of the Narraguagus Bay Health Care Facility in Milbridge will meet on January 12 to try and diffuse a simmering labor dispute, but tensions have grown between the two sides in recent months. Workers at the nursing home have been operating without a contract since 2008, and they contend management stopped honoring the old contract when automatic pay hikes for long-time employees were frozen earlier last year. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Craig Idlebrook) Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Workers-management-at-odds-at-Milbridge-nursing-home/13597/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Rediscovering-the-art-of-fish-cutting/13536/ The Midcoast Fishermen's Cooperative (MFC) began offering fresh-filleted fish to restaurants and their Port Clyde Fresh Catch Community Supported Fishery customers in June, and it is still available sporadically through the winter. Last year, only whole fish were offered, accompanied by filleting demonstrations at pick up locations. Customers have responded enthusiastically to the fillets, made possible by a new processing plant. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Antonia Small) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Rediscovering-the-art-of-fish-cutting/13536/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Port-Clyde-family-spans-four-generations-who-still-fish/13534/ From a 92-year-old great-grandfather setting a few traps this year, to his 19-year-old great-granddaughter doing the same, the Anderson family is a living lobstering tradition in Port Clyde. The family not only passes down skills and lobster lore from one generation to the next, it hands down the boats as well, and younger hands keep them afloat and fishing. The patriarch of the clan is Douglas Anderson, who lives with his wife of 71 years, Beana Rose, in a snug and tidy house. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Steve Cartwright) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Port-Clyde-family-spans-four-generations-who-still-fish/13534/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Cutbacks-at-Port-Clyde-store-upset-residents/13530/ Many regular customers are upset by the recent and abrupt cutbacks at the Port Clyde General Store for the winter. For the first time in the memory of residents, store hours will be curtailed to six hours a day until May. Marking the literal end of Route 131, the huge wooden Port Clyde General Store dominates the harbor's edge in this working port, home to many lobster boats and the last groundfish fleet outside of Portland. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Nancy Griffin) Tue, 01 Dec 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Cutbacks-at-Port-Clyde-store-upset-residents/13530/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Opinion-Maines-Gold-Coast-and-workforce-housing/13479/ The need for workforce housing in Maine's island and remote coastal communities has never been greater. This statement may seem startling, given the news that the housing market has stalled and prices are dropping. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Rob Snyder) Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/columns/Opinion-Maines-Gold-Coast-and-workforce-housing/13479/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Where-the-Mountains-Meet-the-Sea-A-History-of-the-Camden-Area-1900-2000/13440/ Rarely, if ever, have the lives and intimate connections of a town with its contiguous populations been captured in such biographical charm as in this stunning book. Accentuated with a wealth of photographs from multiple private and public archives, the pages are alive with historical reference. With its intermittent, mini-bios of the movers and shakers of the 20th century, "this volume," in the words of State Historian Earle G. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Hannah Merker) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/reviews/Where-the-Mountains-Meet-the-Sea-A-History-of-the-Camden-Area-1900-2000/13440/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Gambas-al-Ajillo/13387/ Recipe provided by Rich Hanson, chefCleonice Mediterranean Bistro, Ellsworth Garlicky Shrimp is a traditional Spanish tapas dish. Ingredients:1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil1 to 4 tablespoons slivered garlic, to taste1 to 4 tablespoons hot chili pepper pods, to taste1 pound raw shrimp, peeled1 teaspoon sherrysea salt and pepper1 tablespoon coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley Directions:Preheat oven to 400 degrees. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writers) Wed, 09 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Gambas-al-Ajillo/13387/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Thai-Curried-Maine-Shrimp-Chowder/13368/ Recipe provided by Suzanne Verrier, North Creek Farm, Phippsburg North Creek Farm is an historic saltwater farm near the tip of the Phippsburg peninsula. Maine shrimp chowder is a customer favorite. This recipe calls for garlic scapes, the tender top part of the garlic stalks. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writers) Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Thai-Curried-Maine-Shrimp-Chowder/13368/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/New-history-benefits-Camden-Public-Library/13359/ Where the Mountains Meet the Sea is a new history of the Camden area. The book is intended to fill the century-long gap since the previous generation of local history books. This new book covers the years 1900 to 2000 and is filled with 296 pages of first-person stories, newspaper excerpts, images, and history to tell the story of this community and the events that have shaped its identity over the past 100 years, ccording to a press release from the library. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writer) Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/New-history-benefits-Camden-Public-Library/13359/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Maine-Shrimp-and-Mint-Salad/13357/ Recipe by Josh Hixson, chef, Brevetto, Camden Ingredients: 2 tablespoons unsalted butter½ pound raw shrimp, peeled4 ounces young arugula2 ounces pecorino sardo cheese, shaved8 fresh mint leaves, finely choppedsalt and pepper Vinaigrette: 1 teaspoon minced shallot 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar 6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 4 fresh mint leaves, finely chopped Directions: Steps for Vinaigrette: Combine shallot and vinegar in a small bowl and slowly whisk in olive oil ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writers) Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Maine-Shrimp-and-Mint-Salad/13357/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Maine-Shrimp-and-Lime-Tacos/13336/ Recipe provided by Diane H. Schetky, Rockport 1 pound cooked shrimp, peeled¼ cup lime juice2 teaspoons lime zest1 teaspoon cumin seeds4 drops Tabasco sauce4 tortillas1 avocado½ cup salsa¼ cup chopped cilantro Marinate shrimp in lime juice and zest for about 30 minutes. Toast cumin seeds in a dry skillet until they begin to pop, and then allow them to cool. Crush seeds with mortar and pestle and add to shrimp mixture, along with Tabasco. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Staff Writers) Wed, 19 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Maine-Shrimp-and-Lime-Tacos/13336/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Permit-banking-could-help-save-fishery/13286/ Amid rising costs and depleted fish stocks, fishermen are dropping out, quitting their traditional work because it no longer pays to fish. Even as fish stocks begin to recover, independent fishermen are swamped by strict regulations and the high cost of doing business. Glen Libby, president of the Midcoast Fishermen's Cooperative (MFC) in Port Clyde, is selling one of three federal fishing permits to get out of debt caused by high fuel prices for his three boats. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by Steve Cartwright) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Permit-banking-could-help-save-fishery/13286/ http://www.workingwaterfront.com/editorials/Celebrating-Holbrooks-Wharf/13296/ In the midst of a recession, celebrating working waterfront preservation is a welcome sign. On July 19, over 100 people celebrated the new Holbrook’s Wharf in Cundy’s Harbor. The Holbrook Community Foundation rebuilt the wharf and the snack bar. The new pilings were adapted from recycled utility poles. There are also three new commercial fishing bays, with truck access to the wharf. ... info@workingwaterfront.org (by David A. Tyler) Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:00 +0100 http://www.workingwaterfront.com/editorials/Celebrating-Holbrooks-Wharf/13296/