Solution Example

Matinicus Volunteer Community Recycling Program

Matinicus Island had a junk car problem as well as a trash problem: old cars were rusting where owners left them in the woods and on the roadsides. Trash washed up on beaches, and the two biggest recent island structure fires were caused by out-of-control trash fires. In 2002, Eva Murray decided Matinicus needed a… Read more » SEE MORE

Community Infrastructure

Actor Martin Clunes of the TV show Doc Martin is flanked by Mikki Ames

Working Waterfront

Meeting Martin on Matinicus

By Shirley Barlow My friend Mikki owns a house on Matinicus Island. She and her late husband, a merchant marine seaman and lobster fisherman, spent most of their lives on the island where they raised their son and daughter. Matinicus is a working island and for years has had the image that lobstermen were akin… Read more » SEE MORE

Bajupa at Journey's End boatyard in Rockland.

Working Waterfront

The story of Bajupa is the story of lobstering and Matinicus

This story first appeared in Landings,the monthly publication of the Maine Lobstermen’s Community Alliance, and appears here with permission. By Melissa Waterman It’s rare to find a boat that nearly every fisherman would term “pretty,” but in the case of Bajupa, that phrase rings true. Built in 1946 by Robert Rich, proprietor of Bass Harbor Boat… Read more » SEE MORE

Working Waterfront

Readers respond to Stonington, Matinicus photos

We asked for reader with information about old photographs we published in the May and June issues of The Working Waterfront, and you did not disappoint. First, the Matinicus photo, which depicted a woman playing an accordion-like instrument. Across the sepia-tone image, the date was hand-written. Several readers correctly pointed out that it was the… Read more » SEE MORE

Island Journal

Everybody Has Got a ‘Bajupa’ Story

Arthur “Art” Hupper was one of the hardest workers on the St. George Peninsula. According to his son David, throughout the 1960s and 1970s, a day of work for Art was just that—nearly 24 hours of labor. He would buy lobsters on remote Maine islands like Monhegan and Matinicus and then sell the catch to out-of-state seafood buyers, all on the same day. It was a livelihood that relied not only on a strong work ethic, but also on Bajupa, a specially crafted lobster transport boat known as a “smack” boat. SEE MORE

2012 Island Journal – Volume 28

View and Download pdf Table of Contents – 2012 Island Journal – Volume 28 From the Helm Islands as Models Philip Conkling — page 5 “The Best Decision We’ve Ever Made” New Families Move to Long Island Judith Paolini — page 8 Thinking like Islands Sustainable Island Living Conference Keynote Speech Excerpts Bill McKibben —… Read more » SEE MORE

2011 Island Journal – Volume 27

v View and Download pdf Table of Contents – 2011 Island Journal – Volume 27 Island Circumambulation A walking tour of the perimeter of Vinalhaven PHIL CROSSMAN — page 8 It’s Not About the Scenery Writing from-and about-Matinicus Island EVA MURRAY — page 16 Holding It Together An interview with Randy Cushman, Captain of F/V ELLA… Read more » SEE MORE

2007 Island Journal – Volume 23

View and Download pdf Table of Contents – 2007 Island Journal – Volume 23 Dedication — page 4 From the Helm Taking Care of the Future — page 5 Fresh Eyes On remote Matinicus, a community comes together By Steve Cartwright — page 8 Rabble-Rousers Islands Coalition organizes to make a difference By David Platt —… Read more » SEE MORE

1988 Island Journal – Volume 5

View and Download pdf Table of Contents – 1988 Island Journal – Volume 5 EDITORIALS — page 3 LOG OF THE FISH HAWK – Philip Conkling — page 4 FISHING Down and Dirty: The Intertidal Subculture – Mike Brown — page 7 Shark Alley – Jane Day — page 10 Farming Silver: Salmon Aquaculture – Philip… Read more » SEE MORE

1986 Island Journal – Volume 3

View and Download pdf Table of Contents – 1986 Island Journal – Volume 3 Letters From the Executive Director, Editors, and Art Director — page 3 Resource Management, Education, Projects, Publications, Membership — page 4 Log of the Fish Hawk, Island Institute Field Work — page 6 Seeing Woods for the Trees: Island Forestry –… Read more » SEE MORE