Daily Archives: June 1, 2025
‘A priceless artifact’: Future of iconic Lunenburg ship unclear
The historic 85-year-old wooden schooner Theresa E. Connor, described as the flagship of the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg, N.S., faces an uncertain future. In need of repair, it was removed from the dock outside the museum in February and is now at the Lunenburg Shipyard awaiting an assessment. The 139-foot (42-metre) vessel was commissioned by the Maritime National Fish Company and built in Lunenburg at the Smith and Rhuland Shipyard, which also built the Bluenose and the Bluenose II. Schooners like the Theresa E. Connor would sail to the Grand Banks and deploy dories to fish for cod. The vessel is the last of its kind in Canada. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 13:01
Southwest Harbor employees and volunteers complete Manset Pier project
After almost 16 months of negotiations with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to remedy damages to Southwest Harbor’s Manset Pier, the structure has been repaired using volunteer labor. Moving forward the pier will once again support a 40,000-pound weight limit, allowing unrestricted access to commercial vehicles and recreational users. The repairs came together with community support, including 23 hours of donated time from approximately 16 volunteers, town employees and business owners who use the pier daily. Town Manager Karen Reddersen and Harbormaster Rob Leavitt expressed gratitude and appreciation to everyone that gave a hand. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 11:34
Potties to prawns: Delaware County shrimp farmer finding niche in local seafood market
About three years ago, portable-toilet business owner Randy Harter sought to completely shift gears. That line of work required frequent travel, which he said had detrimental effects on his health and well-being. A session in Ames about shrimp farming piqued the Delaware County man’s interest. “I’ve always liked fishing and I like shrimp,” he said. Soon after, Harter converted a building on his property at 3205 Iowa 3 in between Colesburg and Luxemburg — though officially a New Vienna address — into Shrimp Down Yonder. His building includes seven large tanks for mature shrimp as well as nursery tanks that contain the shrimp postlarvae until they grow to about a gram. “They’re really tiny, smaller than a mosquito, larvae,” Harter said. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:29
Trump’s Tariffs Might Be the Green Policy Nobody Saw Coming
For all the buzz about “going green,” much of the technology touted by the Green Left to move our nation to “Net Zero” — specifically solar panels and EV batteries — comes from places where the sky is choked with smog and rivers run with industrial waste. And while these same critics often dismiss Donald Trump’s tariffs as economic saber-rattling, in reality, the President’s policies carry significant and underappreciated environmental benefits. Tariffs are an unlikely ally in the fight against pollution. They incentivize domestic production, tighten environmental standards, and hold foreign manufacturers accountable for environmental negligence. In a world where environmental goals often live on paper but die in execution, tariffs provide real leverage. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:38
Fishermen’s fury as ‘disaster’ octopus invasion destroys their catch thanks to woke rule allowing predators to ‘treat them like McDonald’s
Fishermen say their livelihoods are under threat from a woke rule that allows invading hordes of octopus to eat their entire catch – just a week after they were sold out by Keir Starmer’s new EU fishing deal. Conservation rules have meant fishermen in Plymouth, Devon, have to leave small escape gaps in their pots to let undersized lobster and crab to go free. But unseasonably warm waters have seen thousands of Octopus Vulgaris, a highly efficient predator, head north from the Mediterranean. They eat all types of shellfish but their favourite meal is crab which has proved devastating for Claire Tapper, owner of family-run Cracking Crab. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:32
