Tara was born and raised in Ohio on a small farm where she learned to appreciate nature and conservation. After living in Los Angeles and New York she made her way to Monhegan Island for a summer job and found her true home. She first worked at the Island Inn for three years during the summer while she finished her degrees at SMCC and University of Maine Orono. Tara now has a degree in culinary arts and BS in Food Science and Human Nutrition. As the current owner of Carina grocery and deli she is able to use both her degrees. She cooks great soups and sandwiches for the summer crowds on Monhegan and utilizes her nutrition knowledge by buying healthy grocery options for the store. Tara is continuing her education in Nutrition through the Clayton College of Natural Health. She hopes to finish her masters degree in Holistic Nutrition in 2010. Because no one has just one job on Monhegan, Tara also works as an Ed. Tech. at the one room school house where she enjoys the daily challenges and joys of working with young students. She also works part-time at the Monhegan Island Museum where she learns more about the history of her beloved island. She says in regards to living on a remote island, "it has it's challenges, but I would not want to live any where else." |
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Kole is one of the few Islanders born and raised on Monhegan. He grew up going to the one room school house until high school when all of the students have to leave to go to boarding school. He graduated from Fryebrug Academy in 1994 and then attended Southern Maine Community College where he studied carpentry. After leaving the island for high school and college, Kole made his home back on Monhegan. He worked with his father in the carpentry business for several years, leaving for two years to complete a second degree at SMCC in heating and refrigeration, and then coming back home. Kole started fishing as a stern man in 2005, completed the internship program in 3 years and started captaining his own boat in the fall of 2008. Kole is a 7 th generation lobsterman. He fishes a 37 foot wooden Willis Beale he named Barbara Jean after his mother and Tara's mother who are both deceased.
Kole's heart and soul is always on the water and Monhegan. Even though he has left, he has always come back and works to preserve and protect Monhegan and the fishery.
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