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FREYA departs Vinalhaven for “the adventure of a lifetime”
It was foggy, rainy and windy on Sept. 24th when Vinalhaven vocational education teacher Mark Jackson and one of his students, Philip Hopkins, set off on the 30-foot steel sloop Freya for the first six-week leg of a four-leg trip down and up the east coast. Crewmembers will change in the Chesapeake Bay area and
FREYA is launched, capping two years’ work
May 20th was windy and clear. A great day for a boat launching, and an even better day for the culmination of over two years of work for Mark Jackson and his Vinalhaven High School marine technology students. The boat in question is FREYA, the 30-foot steel sloop the VHS marine technology classes rebuilt, and
“Beauty and the Beast” succeeds by building illusions
“In order for the theater experience to work for the audience, they must buy into the illusion,” says Karen Burns, director of Vinalhaven’s latest community production, “Beauty and the Beast,” which ran May 12-14. Illusion is a particularly important element in this show. “We are creating a fairy tale, where humans are transformed into objects
Poetry festival engages Vinalhaven students
When I was in elementary school, learning about poetry meant writing cinquains for Halloween and haiku in the spring. In junior high school we studied song lyrics, read a major work by a famous dead poet and reviewed cinquains and haiku. In high school — well, I don’t even remember studying poetry in high school.
Nutrition Committee encourages better habits
Five-a-day. Three-a-day. Got Milk? Put a Rainbow on Your Plate. The World is Full of Dips. These are just a few of the catch phrases the Vinalhaven School Nutrition Committee has been using to get their message out to students and staff since their debut at the school a year ago. One of the goals
Vinalhaven women line up to be “losers”
The reality television explosion in recent years affords people in all walks of life new and exciting opportunities. Trips to exotic locales promise adventure and/or romance, months long job interviews assure candidates power and prestige as the protégé of a famous businessperson, other competitions promise fame and fortune in the music and fashion industries. In
Vinalhaven, Fox Island rowers celebrate victories
The Vinalhaven Rowing Club held its annual Rowing Banquet on Jan.11.The event honored the Vinalhaven Middle School and High School rowing teams and served as a time for the club to reflect on the past year. Five members of the high school rowing team were awarded varsity letters for their participation in rowing: Ansel Andrews,
Ho, Ho, Ho
Most American children know that Santa Claus arrives on Christmas Eve driving a reindeer-powered sleigh. What most of those children don’t know is that Santa also travels by helicopter doing 160 miles per hour. Flying Santa, as he has come to be known, visits lighthouses and Coast Guard stations along the East Coast from Jonesport,
Fooling the Eye – Painted postcards, portraits tell Vinalhaven’s quarrying story
Vinalhaven residents have always been proud of their granite-quarrying heritage. This summer artists Pamela and James Grumbach memorialized that facet of the island’s history in a mural in Tibb’s Restaurant on Vinalhaven. The mural reaches from floor to ceiling and flanks both sides of an enormous granite fireplace. The finished piece is actually a montage
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