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Vinalhaven Students Host Food Week Celebration
As part of their 2012-13 school curriculum, Vinalhaven’s middle school students spent the first quarter of the academic year planning and organizing Food Week, a celebration of local, affordable and sustainable food. Food Week is the first experiential education project for Vinalhaven middle schoolers in conjunction with the ARC’s Public Education Program. Highlights of Food
Vinalhaven Weatherization
Eight island homes received professional home energy assessments and basic weatherization upgrades at a reduced cost during the Vinalhaven Energy Club’s first “Weatherization Week,” a program sponsored in part by the Island Institute with the support of Efficiency Maine. From July 16 through 20, participating homeowners received a home energy audit plus six man-hours of
The Inaugural Journey of the Valkyrie
In keeping with the island’s boatbuilding tradition, Vinalhaven High School’s vocational technology teacher, Mark Jackson, and his shop students launched Valkyrie, a Scottish Saint Ayles Skiff, on May 25. The Saint Ayles Skiff is a four-seat rowing boat that is meant to be rowed competitively. “The reason we built it,” Jackson said, “is because six
Vinalhaven Students Reject Cell Phones in School
In anticipation of a time when cellphone service will be available on Vinalhaven, the island’s high school students recently recommended that the SAD 8 Board of Education ban cellular devices from classrooms. This issue may come up sooner rather than later, as Tower Specialist Inc. has built a tower on Vinalhaven and is currently seeking
Vinalhaven Celebrates Student’s Recovery
Late on the night of September 9, 2011, Heather Reidy of Vinalhaven got the phone call that every parent fears. Her son, then 18-year-old Joey Reidy, who was away at Champlain College in Burlington, Vermont for the first time, had been hit by a car. Joey was in critical condition. When Heather and her husband
Linda Greenlaw Launches New Brand
Sword boat captain and New York Times best-selling author Linda Greenlaw has teamed up with swordfish and tuna distributor Great Oceans, LLC to create Linda Greenlaw Select® brand fresh sword and tuna. The partnership aims to provide the highest quality fish available, harvested with environmentally friendly methods to sustain the fisheries while promoting healthier diets
Keep the Lights Burning
“It was a dark and stormy night”¦.”so goes the old writer’s cliché. But the night of December 15 really was stormy, and it made for an exciting adventure for Vinalhaven School’s fourth- and fifth-grade girls, all members of a book club named A Girl’s Point of View, as they held their first meeting of the
Vinal’s News Stand
The sign outside the shop at 18 Main Street, Vinalhaven, features a white-bearded old man reading a newspaper, and the words “The Paper Store,” indicating that one can buy a newspaper here. However, few may realize that The Paper Store’s official name is Vinal’s News Stand, and has been for 140 years. Back in 1871,
Island Busking
The Maine islands are known for many things—their rocky shoreline, lobstering communities, fiercely independent inhabitants—but street musicians are not one of them. On Vinalhaven, 15-year-old Frank Morton and his friends may be changing that. Beginning last summer and continuing this year, Frank, his older brother John and their friends Theo Brown and Francis Warren have
New Era Gallery celebrates 10 years
When Elaine Crossman opened her New Era Gallery on Vinalhaven in 2001, part of her goal was to create a gathering place for artists on Main Street and to bring art to the fore of Main Street goings-on. Ten years later, that goal has been achieved, expansion has occurred, and an economic downturn has been