The Vinalhaven Annual Town Meeting was held the evening of Friday, June 24 at the Vinalhaven School. Roughly 65 residents attended the meeting, which is significantly lower than in years past. This may have been due to the lovely weather, or because two of the more contentious articles on the warrant had already been decided
Fellowship brightens Long Island’s wet spring
On any given Saturday afternoon this spring, if you had walked by the parsonage of the Evergreen United Methodist Church on Long Island, you might have heard talk and laughter. You might also have heard the clicking of knitting needles. And if you had ventured inside, you would have smelled coffee, and then been warmly
“Who has the skills?”
Vinalhaven teacher and curriculum coordinator Rob Warren addressed the island’s graduates this year at their school commencement, stressing the need to learn as much as possible about the wider world. “How do we get our young people to take ownership in the future of our community?” he asked. “How do we teach them that time
The Keeper: How seemingly random events become a career
“Even I am surprised when I meet people at a cocktail party at some occasion where I’m trying to explain myself, I usually say, `Did you ever hear of the National Register?’ And nine times out of ten, they’ll say, `Well, of course,’ said William J. Murtagh, Ph. D., this country’s first Keeper of the
Vinalhaven’s Fog Gallery: a place for artists
When Vinalhaven’s Fog Gallery opened at the Harbor Wharf in the summer of 1988 it was the first art gallery on Vinalhaven. Since then the gallery has experienced a true evolution and become a mainstay of the island’s art culture. The Fog is a seasonal gallery, operating from June until September each year. The Gallery
Seeing Differently: Ecology school aims to stamp out environmental illiteracy
Drew Dumsch, Director of Ferry Beach Ecology School (FBES) in Saco, says he would hate to see a student spend time at the school, then go home and announce, “Well, it was great being at the beach,” and never apply any of the lessons learned about ecology and sustainable living to his or her own
Cranberry Report: In the Mood
The first day of summer came to the islands with warm bright weather. As the Islesford Dock Restaurant opened for their 13th season, people arrived by boat, bicycle and on foot to try out the new menu. Steve Samson, the new head chef, shows an Italian influence with some of his dishes. The Ligurian Ciuppin,
Scholarship Recipients Announced
Recently the Island Institute awarded over $38,000 to 51 island residents attending post-secondary institutions through the Maine Island Higher Education Scholarship. Awards ranged from $100 to $2,500. This scholarship is available to residents of unbridged islands who are attending post-secondary education at a two- or four-year college, university, or vocational/technical institution. Award decisions were made
Reassuring
To the editor: In “Sustainability” (WWF June 05), Bob Moore responded heroically to the challenge of defining the word by writing the clearest description I have read. In a world where impermanence and disregard for both past history and the future are common, “the notion of longevity or resilience through time” and “an explicit awareness
Rebuilt island pier reserved for local fisherman
A granite pier in Damariscove Island’s narrow, sheltered harbor has been rebuilt by the Boothbay Region Land Trust. The pier, at least 150 years old, was showing its age – eroding and collapsing – a part of it submerged at high water. Now, with a $132,000 investment by the land trust, it has been restored