Sometimes we find ourselves in a business and realize that we got there without a lot of intentional planning. Maybe we eased into the business with someone else, or really started our operations as a … Continue reading
First published in Landings, December, 2015. Jeff Bennett, senior trade specialist at the Maine International Trade Center (MITC) said the word “Tsukiji” (pronounced “tskee-gee”) and I was sold. For last month’s State of Maine Trade … Continue reading
David Provencher, a life-long lobsterman and staunch Maine Lobstermen’s Association (MLA) member, died on April 14 at his home in Scarborough. Provencher began working as a stern man on a friend’s lobster boat when he … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, People“Waiting for a call from someone in authority, waiting for any sign of hope…” Do these words describe the distress of a fisherman’s spouse or do they describe the distress of a husband whose wife … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, Health and Safety, PeopleFor a town bearing the name “Friendship,” its early history was anything but harmonious. Soon after settlement in 1750, the village, then called Meduncook, became the site of a British military garrison built on appropriately … Continue reading
Category: Community Voices, Miscellaneous