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Islesboro prayer circle convenes
Every third Monday at 4:30 p.m., a group meets on Islesboro for a brief candlelight prayer circle, focused on all the men, women, and children involved in the occupation of Iraq. Prayers are offered for peace, safety, and an end to the occupation so that family and friends can return home soon. At a farewell
From South Africa to Islesboro, in January
And what of the void Tom Tutor’s absence creates in the Islesboro Central School mathematics program? Another Fulbright teacher, Mr. Ngubo Ndaba, will be arriving on Islesboro in January, just as the Tutors embark for South Africa, coming from an African summer to a Maine winter to teach Tutor’s classes. Ndaba, who will be living
Teacher Exchange – Islesboro family leaves a Maine winter for an African summer
Thanks to the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program, on Jan. 10 Islesboro Central School math teacher Tom Tutor and family will embark on a grand adventure, flying to South Africa where Tom will undertake a year-long assignment teaching mathematics to students whose customary teacher will be, meanwhile, teaching Tom’s Islesboro students. The Fulbright international educational exchange
“Scoop” Pendleton kept Islesboro school children in the news
The excitement of the first day of school is especially keen for kindergartners, who are, after all, quite new to the whole experience. Witnessing their faces, flushed with nervous anticipation of the brave new world awaiting them at Islesboro Central School, one can’t help but wish for a camera to record the tableau, or, better
New Principal, Teachers at Islesboro’s School
Islesboro Central School ushered in the new school year by welcoming several new students – bringing total K-12 enrollment to 86 – and several new staff members as well. With former ICS principal Jon Kerr now teaching science at Camden-Rockport High School, Michael C. Wright has stepped in as Islesboro Central’s new principal. Wright was
Isleboro’s new store finds and binds books
Since we’ve had more then our share of cloudy and foggy days this summer, Islesboro’s newest business, Artisan Books & Bindery, has benefited from visitors looking for something to read while waiting for the weather to improve. The shop is located in the Dark Harbor Village Marketplace, one door down from the Dark Harbor Shop,
Islesboro builds a_community center – without a building
In January of 2000, a group of Islesboro residents formed a nonprofit organization to create an island Community Center. Over 140 volunteers worked to make this plan a reality by establishing goals, surveying townspeople, promoting community events and looking for a building. Richard Gilder, an island summer resident, donated his up-island barn and property for
Potter-mania!
Islesboro Central School teacher Janet Dooley’s 4th and 5th graders – Harry Potter fans all – transformed their classroom into the Hogwarts School of Muggle Wizardry, complete with colorful banners, robes for each student and courses such as Arithmancy, History of Muggles and Spelling Spells. Sorted into houses at the beginning of the school year,
Making your own fun can become a way of life
Ideally, growing up on an island can make young people comfortable and confident, able to express themselves in non-conformist and creative ways. One would be hard-pressed to find a more positive example of this than Nathan Lamont Oldham, born and raised on Islesboro, who recently graduated with honors from the University of Maine at Orono.
Islesboro votes to secede from Waldo County, join Knox
At Islesboro’s most recent town meeting on April 24, residents of the island community voted 101-12 to pursue secession from Waldo County to join Knox County. The next step in the process will be for both a state senator and a member of the state House of Representatives to propose legislation authorizing the transfer of