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Letter: Willard fishing shacks are harbingers of changing climate

Por: Portland Press Herald Opinion February 03, 2024

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The sadly departed South Portland fishing shacks have attracted much local, even national news. Seeing them broken and adrift has far more meaning to me now than when they stood on land. How quickly things can change; when things look stable, they may not be; how holding onto certain parts of the past, without an eye to the present and future, may end badly. It’s understandable that some wish to build new shacks where the old ones were, but... + full article



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