Community Supported Fisheries

In Rockland, a church hooks up with Port Clyde Fishermen

There's a new twist to church-going at the First Universalist Church In Rockland: now parishioners can pick up their fish there, thanks to a new, Community Supported Fisheries project.

Friendship man is still lobstering at 84

Six years ago Carl Simmons lost his wife, Glenys, after 54 years of marriage. Five years ago, his shop burned down. That might be enough to stop any man in his tracks, or at least kick him into retirement. Not Simmons. He’s still fishing from his hometown of Friendship.

Firm tests new tidal power equipment in the Eastport area

Could electric power generated from tidal currents in Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays be sufficient to take Eastport and, possibly, Washington County off the power grid? Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) and Eastport officials are betting it can.

Island Institute to celebrate its 25th birthday

…this just in, from our Chebeague correspondent:

Golfing and Fishing

Pilot Crackers — Really Gone This Time?

Many people think that this time Nabisco ought to relinquish the recipe so that someone else can manufacture the cracker, preferably here in Maine.

Down East Lobstermen's Association prepares for harder times

Now it's not just the prospect of another, perhaps slight, dip in landings but the skyrocketing cost of bait and fuel for the boats, coupled with prices that are not rising, that worry down east lobstermen

Long Island is “too busy” to celebrate 15 years of independence

Two Portland islands could lose polling places

Coastal communities get creative to get wireless

Kids’ sailing program brings locals, summer folk together