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Pollock, greens, and squash ready for school trays Chef Joe Robbins from Marsh Island Kitchen in Hampden created this masterpiece and is sharing it with you! Inspired by his Penobscot roots and a love of local foods, this recipe features local pollock and veggies seasonally available in the fall and winter. Any flaky whitefish in season will work as a substitute. (This recipe has been modified slightly from the original, which was made for school nutritional staff, to better

Chef Joe Robbins and nutritional staff from Bangor High School serve up tasty local seafood and veggies to hungry teenagers. Students at Bangor High School had a special lunch treat in one of their first weeks back after the winter break. Joe Robbins, member of the Penobscot tribe and chef at Hampden’s Marsh Island Kitchen , created and served a recipe featuring locally sourced seafood courtesy of our Fishermen Feeding Mainers program. MCFA has been working with school distri

The outpouring of community support for this recovery effort has been awe-inspiring. And I am proud to say that together, in just one month, we have nearly reached the goal of meeting the need estimated by the affected fishermen. Hundreds of individuals, local businesses, and community groups worked together to raise almost $200,000 in funds to help rebuild. THANK YOU for being part of this caring network.  We closed the fund on Friday, January 30. Final distributions to fish

Custom House Wharf ablaze on the evening of December 26, 2025. Fire boats are on site responding to the three-alarm fire. On the evening of December 26, several buildings on Custom House Wharf in Portland were involved in a three-alarm fire. Thanks to our first responders, no lives were lost — but multiple fishermen and fishing businesses were affected. In addition to the buildings themselves, they lost gear, equipment, tools, supplies, and more. The community immediately wan