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Pingree receives award for affordable housing efforts
At Tuesday’s reception, the Maine Affordable Housing Coalition presented Speaker Hannah Pingree with the Elizabeth Mitchell Award, given annually by the Coalition to an individual who has provided distinguished service in the effort to provide affordable housing to all Maine people. Senate President Mitchell, for whom the award is named, and who previously served as
Fox Islands Electric Cooperative holds annual meeting
On July 26, approximately 150 residents met at the Vinalhaven School for the 35th annual meeting of the Fox Islands Electric Cooperative membership. Elliot Brown presided, joined by fellow board members Addison Ames, Marjorie Stratton, Bobby Warren, Wyman Philbrook, Peter Drury, Paul Quinn and Rex Crockett. Fox Islands Electric Cooperative (FIEC) General Manager Charles “Chip”
Island Institute to celebrate its 25th birthday
The Island Institute turns 25 this summer and will launch its silver anniversary with an extensive show of new work by Peter Ralston, well-known photographer of the Maine coast and the Institute’s executive vice-president and co-founder. The show will run through October 25 and includes new work since his celebrated 1997 book, Sightings: A Maine
Fellows, community members thank each other
On Aug. 9, Island Fellows, their advisers and supporters of the Island Fellows Program gathered at the Belfast Boathouse to celebrate the work of 2007 Island Fellows, and thank community members who have made the program successful. “When Siobhan showed up [on Swan’s Island] she took my vision and made it work,” said adviser Candi
Deer Isle Fellow bridges generations to bring a community together
Playing croquet with someone older than your parents isn’t likely to make your average 25-year-old’s short list of “What To Do On A Summer Evening On The Maine Coast.” Then again, Annie Tselikis, the Island Institute’s Deer Isle-Stonington Economic Development and Technology Fellow, is no average 25-year-old. She’s packed a lifetime of experiences into a
Maine Island Students Receive Scholarships
The Island Institute has announced the recipients of the 2007 Maine Island Higher Education Scholarship, with more than $66,000 in grants — a record amount — awarded to 57 island residents who will be attending post-secondary institutions this fall. Awardees were honored at a luncheon on June 28 at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. Scholarship
On Frenchboro, Scott Sell’s job description just keeps growing
Scott Sell is a study in perpetual motion. As the William Bingham Fellow for Rural Education on Frenchboro, his days are a dizzying sequence of activities that range from preschoolers’ sleeve-tugging demands to equally exhausting Internet research for a future telemedicine unit on the island. During the school year you can find Scott teaching music,