“I really could talk about seaweed all day, it’s so underappreciated. This is a brand new field. We’re realizing there’s a lot more species than we thought and finding out
Seaweed appetizers and drinks made with locally collected marine plants are on the menu of the Maine Natural History Observatory’s benefit “Seaweed Social” from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at Otter Creek Hall.
Boland buys, revives Naturalist’s Notebook
MOUNT DESERT The Naturalist’s Notebook is not defunct after all.
Bar Harbor restaurant owner Michael Boland has bought the science and nature shop on Main Street in Seal Harbor and plans to reopen it May 28.
In 2008, Craig Neff and his wife, Pamelia, opened the shop that he described as “an exploratorium…that comes alive each summer with nature, science, fun, interactive installations, learning, shopping, creativity, great people and the amazing 13.8-billion-year history of the universe.”
Pamelia died in 2018. Craig opened the shop the next summer but announced last June that the shop would not open for the 2020 season and that he planned to sell the three-story building it occupied.