Articles
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,
Cranberry Report:” What about that one empty trap?”
This was a spring of milestones for several island families. Josh Gray, from Great Cranberry Island, graduated from Colby College, Fritz Fernald graduated from Wheaton College, and Robin Fernald graduated from Goucher College. High school graduates were Marcus Fernald from the Baltimore Lutheran School, Meagan Blank from Freeport High School, Allan McCormick from Mattanawcook Academy,
Cranberry Report – Birds at the Feeder
On April 21, the afternoon temperature was 72 degrees and the FOUR Philbrook boys were shirtless, enjoying a water gun fight in their yard. Dandelions came up earlier than last year and perennials around the islands look strong and healthy after losing their protective blanket of winter snow. Barbara Stainton sold the general store, on
Cranberry Report – Helping Hands
Islesford School students took their annual ski trip to Sugarloaf on March 24 and 25. Seven students and 5 adults enjoyed some great spring skiing conditions. This year, plans were also made for those students who did not care to ski. Gail Grandgent organized a museum day on Mount Desert Island with visits to the
Cranberry Report – “A Hole in My Mattress”
There were a number of storms in the last two weeks of February, but our snow plow operators, Corey Alley and Blair Colby, did a fine job of keeping roads clear on both Islesford and Great Cranberry. For most kids, the dramatic music of a “Storm Center” weather report means that school has been canceled.
An Island of Readers
The inevitable question asked of islanders in the summertime is, “What do you do all winter?” For many folks in the Cranberry Isles, winter is the slow time we wait for all year. A number of people plan their travel for the winter months. Sue and Richard Hill are away for a few months to
Shipboard wedding
An active month of December passed quickly in the Cranberry Isles. The annual Christmas Fair, sponsored by the Great Cranberry Island Ladies Aid Society, raised a total of $2,200 through sales of crafts, baked goods, raffles and a delicious luncheon. On Islesford, family and friends either pledged to bake or purchased from the first-ever Islesford
The competition for downed hardwoods is intense
As a thunderstorm passed over Islesford at 7 a.m. on Oct. 17, I turned on the VHF radio to hear what kind of weather the lobstermen were experiencing. In the space of a half-hour they heard thunder and saw lightning, hail, rain, rainbows and double rainbows. “I’m looking at the sun and I have rain
A Plum Orchard, Courtesy of the Federal Government
CRANBERRY REPORT Folks on the island have taken advantage of the beautiful fall days to pick the last of the berries, harvest their gardens and put them to bed for the winter. Lil and Richard Alley picked 68 quarts of blueberries and 65 quarts of blackberries this year from the patch between their house and
Clever costumes, cold swims, thick mosquitoes
After the rain and fog of July, August was a bit sunnier, but only relatively so. Regardless of the weather, the summer activities continued at a swift pace. On Great Cranberry the Ladies Aid held their 104th summer fair raising over $8,000 for various island projects. On Islesford the 26th annual Literary Evening had a