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Peaks holds first annual fest
Peaks Island residents kicked off their first annual PeaksFest June 21 with a clever “Images of Peaks Island” event calling for families to bring in old photos, postcards and drawings of the island to share and “rekindle the community heritage of Peaks Island.” A night of Jazz by Julie Goell and food from Happy Cooking
Vinalhaven holds a four-hour town meeting
Twenty-five of 48 articles warranted some discussion at Vinalhaven’s June 24 Town Meeting, which lasted for nearly four hours. At the meeting residents approved, in separate articles, money to help pay for an island-wide property reassessment, and the construction of a police holding cell. Voters also defeated an article to enact a moratorium on rock
Frenchboro elects officials, accepts grant
At Frenchboro’s July 1 Town Meeting, voters elected two new selectmen, approved the acceptance of a grant with local match for work on the inner harbor, and authorized the purchase and installation of an electric hoist near the ferry landing in the outer harbor. This year’s town meeting also represented something of a changing of
Peaks Island’s new newspaper
The first issue of The Island Times is on the streets. The monthly community newspaper covers Peaks Island news and issues that affect Casco Bay. Five thousand copies will be distributed every month to businesses on Peaks Island and in the Old Port part of Portland. The newspaper is free on newsstands and will be
Summer work days for island librarians
Librarians from the Penobscot Bay islands gathered at Islesboro Central School June 24-25 for the first of three summer work sessions to assist with cataloguing and other library “chores.” Following two spring meetings at the Island Institute in Rockland, librarians from some of the islands’ town and school libraries felt that one way to support
Wearing purple at the Farnsworth Museum
Two years shy of her 100th birthday, Emily Muir has her own exhibit at the Farnsworth Art Museum. She was unable to attend the April 21 opening, but two days later she traveled to Rockland from her home in Stonington to view the show. Modest and self-effacing, Emily’s spirit is readily felt with her marvelous
Island Fellows hold retreat, build music cabinets
Island Institute Fellows gathered on Swan’s Island May 9-12 for a retreat. A key component of such retreats is to offer a community service project to the host island. On Monhegan in September, 2001, the fellows led a coastal clean-up and participated in a musical offering at the church, which raised $400 for Monhegan’s new
Next year, Matinicus plans to meet earlier
Town meeting began on Matinicus Island at 7 p.m. on April 27 in the New School, with 36 people in attendance. After nominating Maury Colton moderator, a motion was made to skip to the last article on the agenda, Article 44, wherein the town allows non-residents the ability to speak regarding issues not outlined in
Win a quilt … support a library!
As their major fundraising effort for 2002, Friends of the Chebeague Island Library will raffle a hand-appliquéd quilt depicting the flora and fauna of the island. Beginning with the original campaign to build the library, three quilts have been created to raise money for operations. The Town of Cumberland provides for maintenance only, so these
The gated coast; Oh, deer; Selective gear
At their recent town meeting, Islesboro residents left little doubt that access to the shore is important to them. Overwhelm-ingly, they voted down a landowner’s proposal to close an old public road that lets people reach the shore. “We’re not willing to give up [public] access, anywhere, any more!” declared one resident in a phrase