Scholarships available to islanders

Spring is traditional scholarship time at the Island Institute. The Island Institute Scholarship Program supports lifelong learning in traditional and non-traditional endeavors. This support is provided through many private donors and foundations including The Fund for Maine Island Education: A Memorial to Carol Evarts McLane. Currently, the Institute offers two different scholarships. The Maine Island

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Booming real estate threatens Islesboro

Rising property values on Islesboro are changing the dynamics of the island community and threatening its year round population. According to Islesboro’s 2002 comprehensive plan, Islesboro has one of the oldest populations in the state with a median age of 46 years compared to a state average of 38.5 years. Property costs on Islesboro are

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Donate to the Tooth Project!

Marci Train’s class on Long Island has completed a unit on Dental Awareness, and is seeking donations of toothbrushes and toothpaste to send to Haiti with Jan Carter, a social worker who visited the class. “Jan told us all about the people that she helps in the country of Haiti. We are concerned because they

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Hand-cranked entertainment

Jan. 1, 2000 – Temp. 40 at noontime. Wind NW light, bar. 29:90, rising slowly. Another new year has arrived. Jeri Spurling, our daughter-in-law, fetched us a jar of lobster stew and our friend and neighbor, Lillian Alley (an excellent cook) brought us some muffins and cups of custard. This year is starting out very

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Troubled paradise

Here’s a riddle. You live on a beautiful island and enjoy a rural setting, relatively little tourism, and low-impact ways to make a living. The most traditional jobs are related to the water (fishing) or the fields (raising livestock). Some get by providing services – food, transportation, entertainment – and some run guesthouses about nine

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