Photo ID
To the editor:
The photo on the op-ed page in the October issue of The Working Waterfront shows Lindsay Road, which is a right turn off York Street in York.
You can’t see First Parish Church, but it is directly across the street. The old burial ground is to your right. There are plenty of trees still standing. That watering structure is still in the same spot.
Cindy Bufithis
York
Remembering Prof. Hutchinson
To the editor:
I was somewhat dismayed with the topic of Tom Groening’s Rock Bound column in the October issue of The Working Waterfront about the University of Maine’s attempt to sell the Hutchinson Center in Belfast.
I have no background knowledge about the center, but during my days as a grad student in the Plants & Soils Department at the University, Prof. Hutchinson was the department head. He later became the University of Maine at Orono’s president.
What a nice man, and what a character! It is distressing that the University will ditch the center. How do the two Hutchinson daughters feel about this move? Perhaps the University should place more emphasis on real education and less on sports.
Amos J. Gay
Dayton
Class of 1964 (‘67G)
Keep on paddling
To the editor:
Thank you for the nice column in the The Working Waterfront on kayaking (Rock Bound, November issue). As a note of encouragement for Tom Groening’s future, I’m past the halfway mark of my ninth decade and had a fine afternoon of kayaking just two days ago.
Also, a belated thank you for the kind words of several years ago about my book, Salt Water Town. I’m still writing and believe that proper aging involves remaining active, both physically and mentally.
Don Small
Castine
