We didnt do very much. They sell raw milk, eggs, and occasionally cider. The name Matinicus means far-out island in Abenaki, and Penobscot People used the island while fishing and sealing. Working his way around Saris occasional outbursts (Yes, Im bitterI dont expect my closest friends to go against my family, and do it publicly Easy now, youre getting yourself worked up ), hed told me his story of how it had all come to pass: how his son-in-law had played by the rulesHe married my daughter, they bought a house thereand had still been run off the island; how hed gone to see Chris Youngs stepfather, futilely, to try to settle the dispute; how hed feared for his life, and later for his daughters (The man threatened to kill me); how Youngs and Amess civil suits, (the former settled this year, the latter still making its way through the courts) could take most of what he and Sari had; and, finally, how the island was no longer home to him, and his friends were no longer his friends. She was a Ripley, she had a store here once, she was married to an Ames. It goes on and on: this person, that house, this husband, that wife. With the cod and haddock now gone as predators, the Maine lobster harvest had more than doubled: from 20 million pounds a year to close to 50 million. Thats the way were built here. The sand was dark and very fine. And Vance Bunker was there; hed arrived with his sternman in a blue pickup with a .22-caliber handgun and an AK-47 assault rifle with nine loaded magazines. In 2009, Philbrook said, hed sold more lobster than hed ever sold before, yet barely covered his costs. Matinicus is a small community by any measure, but it's hard to count how many people actually live there. Thanks to our readers and especially our supporters who help to keep PenBayPilot.com an open and accessible community hub. The pilot jokingly asked for our tickets, stowed our belongings (including a large metal chair), and directed the four of us to our seats. Matinicus is on the flyway for a number of migratory birds.