EXPLORE: The Strange Rocks of Campobello Island, Bay of Fundy

Orignally Posted on October 5, 2009 by admin

Some of Campobello‘s young people like to call the ledge off the island’s Liberty Point “Frog Rock.” Some also see the image of a turtle.

With a little imagination, the image of the stone stack below Campobello’s Friar’s Head reveals an “Old Friar.” A Passamaquoddy legend speaks of the stack as a young Indian maiden, turned to stone while awaiting the return of her lover. The cracks in the “Old Friar” indicate he is likely to loose his head in the not too distant future.

ENERGY: LNG company president unbowed by Canadian opposition to proposed plant in Robbinston — Down East — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

“The idea that a U.S. company is going to dictate what comes through Canadian waters is not only laughable but is offensive,” Williamson stated. “A private firm is not going to dictate what comes through Canadian waters.”

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LNG company president unbowed by Canadian opposition to proposed plant in Robbinston — Down East — Bangor Daily News — BDN Maine

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Noteable Sightings from the Maine Shore.

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Downeast Maine

A juvenile HUDSONIAN GODWIT, three AMERICAN GOLDEN-PLOVERS, two RED KNOTS, and a CASPIAN TERN were seen on the Lubec Flats back on September 12.

Recent finds at West Quoddy Head included two POMARINE JAEGERS, five PARASITIC JAEGERS, and two CAPE MAY WARBLERS.

A GREAT EGRET was seen from the Sunrise Trail along the Machias River in Machias on September 14.

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More blueberry fields

These fields are Wyman's- on the way to Ellsworth.  Joyce

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Small Scale Windpower works for Maine Veterinarian

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Chester man installs own windmill
Turbine will power office, farmhouse

By Nick Sambides Jr.
BDN Staff


CHESTER, Maine — Joseph Nesin looks forward to 30 years of free electricity.

A 50-year-old veterinarian and ardent environmentalist, Nesin installed a Bergey XL 10-kilowatt windmill to power his office and adjoining farmhouse, sitting the three-blade turbine atop a 140-foot steel tower on his Pea Ridge Road property earlier this month, he said.

“It’s a way of producing electricity cleanly. That was my motivation,” Nesin said Saturday. “My motivation was to get power with the least environmental impact possible.”

His goal won’t come cheaply or immediately. Counting all expenses, the windmill cost Nesin about $60,000 and will take about 10 years to pay back the investment, Nesin said.

But the turbine has a 40-year, maintenance-free life span. As long as he balances his electricity needs against available winds, it should generate enough to power his home and business year-round, even during those wind-free summer days, he said.

“It looks like it’s going to be an even break,” Nesin said. “If I don’t get enough power from it, Bangor Hydro will still supply me. I am still hooked in with them.”


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