Today’s Maine Sunday Telegram includes articles on how Maine regulates who does and does not get a lobster fishing license,
The central question is whether the rules governing lobster licenses should remain as they are — open to residents under age 18 at little cost, but effectively off-limits to almost everyone else — or whether anyone should be allowed to fish as long as he can afford to buy a license from another fisherman who has one.
and an essay by Elizabeth Tarasevich on the Brentwood Farm community garden in Deering.
Last year, neighbors and several local businesses joined to build a beautiful and bountiful urban garden. It includes plots for 65 families, 20 common share beds, community orchards, herb beds and berry patches for all local residents to enjoy.