Isle-Au-Haut News

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Having considered seven sites along Maine's coast for offshore wind demonstration projects, state officials on Tuesday narrowed the list to four possible locations where researchers might explore the potential for wind power facilities.

The term comes from scuttle - to cut a hole in - and butt - a large cask. Sailors would gather about the cask and trade stories and gossip, much like modern office workers do at the water cooler or coffee pot.

ACADIA NATIONAL PARK : Resolutions addressing scenery-threatening development in and around Acadia National Park, including a wind turbine off Isle au Haut and a federal communications tower on Cadillac Mountain, were approved Monday by the Acadia Advisory Commission.

For those of you who are lucky enough to travel by boat to Isle au Haut, which is one of Acadia National Park's mountain islands, there is plenty of adventurous hiking to experience.

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In this May 9, 1999 photo file photo, Linda Greenlaw, a swordfishing boat captain who gained a measure of celebrity when she was featured in Sebastian Junger's bestseller "The Perfect Storm," poses on Isle Au Haut, Maine.