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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 — page 14

The Sound of Youth
Frenchboro fills its school and finds its future
By Philip Conkling — page 15

The French Connection
Prohibition and cod fishing may be over, but on Saint Pierre and Miquelon, ties to the motherland keep things going
By Nancy Griffin — page 18

Heavy Freight
When Vinalhaven stone traveled the country
By Harry Gratwick — page 26

 A Natural Heroine
Great Cranberry’s Carrie Richardson defied the stereotypes of her day
By Cherie Galyean —

Painting a Blue Streak
Eric Hopkins’s art is landscape as cosmology
By Edgar Allen Beem — page 36

Sharp Tools, Smart Kids
Three boatbuilding programs
teach lessons about life — page 44

Backing into the Future
Through technology, kids gain an appreciation of community life
By Muriel L. Hendrix  — page 50

A New Day
Two coasts face the future of their fisheries
By Jen Litteral and Ben Neal — page 54 

Only So Many Hours
It’s not easy to keep an island in the same family for seven generations
By Scott Sell  — page 60

A Man of Ideas
Donny Mac Vane and Long Island, over decades
By David Tyler  — page 68

Island Play
Games, like species, evolve more efficiently on islands
By David T. Sobel  — page 74 

A Big Boys Camp Scrapbook
By Tina Cohen — page 80

Salty and Sweet
For the Campbells of North Haven, oyster farming is a passion
By Sally Noble — page 82

 Old Ducker
A boat can be a window to paradise
By Jim Rockefeller — page 86

 “Relevant, Meaningful, Reliable, Accessible”
Institute publishes a set of island indicators — page 92

 Information about the Island Institute — page 94