Editor's note: Benjamin Stevens is a sophomore at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine and left port May 9 aboard the college's training vessel State of Maine. He joins 240 other students on the voyage, which includes stops in New York City; Tampa, Fla.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; Baltimore; Quebec City; Eastport and Searsport. Stevens also is a participant in the Island Institute/The Working Waterfront student journalism program, and will post messages and photos when Internet connections allow. ...
My typing fingers are ringed with dirt after the first gardening day of the year. Island gardens aren't that different from what I'm used to—apart from the layer of seaweed I spread last fall and the mussel shells that inexplicably keep rising to the surface.
I'm also not used to having to keep all plants in maximum-security-prison mode. I left the netted gate open late last August and returned to find a vacant brown pit and a few beets with raccoon tooth marks. ...
My typing fingers are ringed with dirt after the first gardening day of the year. Island gardens aren't that different from what I'm used to—apart from the layer of seaweed I spread last fall and the mussel shells that inexplicably keep rising to the surface.
I'm also not used to having to keep all plants in maximum-security-prison mode. I left the netted gate open late last August and returned to find a vacant brown pit and a few beets with raccoon tooth marks. ...
In a former island life, I made the best trade of my short existence up to that time. I wanted a boat to take me to Maine islands and Outward Bound wanted someone to teach its students what they could forage on their character-building "solos." We were both perennially short of cash, so we resorted to the ancient practice of barter. ...
SURRY — A controversy over a proposed aquaculture lease in Morgan Bay has morphed into a debate over the state's aquaculture application process.
Opponents of the lease believe the Maine Department of Marine Resources isn't properly taking local concerns into account when considering aquaculture applications, and some have accused the agency of conflict of interest. Maine DMR has put off making a final decision about the lease application to allow for greater public input. ...
SURRY — A controversy over a proposed aquaculture lease in Morgan Bay has morphed into a debate over the state's aquaculture application process.
Opponents of the lease believe the Maine Department of Marine Resources isn't properly taking local concerns into account when considering aquaculture applications, and some have accused the agency of conflict of interest. Maine DMR has put off making a final decision about the lease application to allow for greater public input. ...
In a former island life, I made the best trade of my short existence up to that time. I wanted a boat to take me to Maine islands and Outward Bound wanted someone to teach its students what they could forage on their character-building "solos." We were both perennially short of cash, so we resorted to the ancient practice of barter. ...
SURRY — A controversy over a proposed aquaculture lease in Morgan Bay has morphed into a debate over the state's aquaculture application process.
Opponents of the lease believe the Maine Department of Marine Resources isn't properly taking local concerns into account when considering aquaculture applications, and some have accused the agency of conflict of interest. Maine DMR has put off making a final decision about the lease application to allow for greater public input. ...
SURRY — A controversy over a proposed aquaculture lease in Morgan Bay has morphed into a debate over the state's aquaculture application process.
Opponents of the lease believe the Maine Department of Marine Resources isn't properly taking local concerns into account when considering aquaculture applications, and some have accused the agency of conflict of interest. Maine DMR has put off making a final decision about the lease application to allow for greater public input. ...
SURRY — A controversy over a proposed aquaculture lease in Morgan Bay has morphed into a debate over the state's aquaculture application process.
Opponents of the lease believe the Maine Department of Marine Resources isn't properly taking local concerns into account when considering aquaculture applications, and some have accused the agency of conflict of interest. Maine DMR has put off making a final decision about the lease application to allow for greater public input. ...
