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Looking to the stars on North Haven
In a K-12 school with fewer than 70 students, it’s easier to respond to individual needs and requests. When some of our students at North Haven Community School indicated that they’d like to have an astronomer come to school, a little research on astronomer-plus-outreach brought up Southern Maine Astronomers, from Portland. What a find! A
North Haven’s entire high school class takes part in drama festival
Although the islands appear quiet this time of year—summer houses drained and closed up, fields frozen, seasonal businesses closed—for North Haven Community School students, winter is the busy season. Between basketball, major research projects, yearbook preparation and homework, the school’s 17 high school students sometimes feel stretched pretty thin. Adding another commitment on top of
Fencing at the Fox Island Arts Festival
North Haven’s normal fifth through twelfth grade school population of 39 students tripled when their counterparts from Vinalhaven joined them for the Fox Islands Arts Festival May 29. Fencing on the ball field, choral music at the church, transformations (3-D art from trash) at the Legion Hall and granite-cutting behind Waterman’s Community Center were four
North Haven, Vinalhaven students enjoy arts festival
North Haven’s normal fifth through twelfth grade school population of 39 students tripled when their counterparts from Vinalhaven joined them for the May 29 Fox Islands Arts Festival. Fencing on the ball field, choral music at the church, transformations (3-D art from trash) at the Legion Hall, granite-cutting behind Waterman’s Community Center were four of
Nebo Lodge warms up the locals
North Haven residents had a rare on-island opportunity in the middle of January. Body pampering, having someone to attend to your muscle twinges and twangs, someone to bring the glow back to your winter cheeks and help to unclench the frozen jaw, someone to speak softly while soothing music played in the fuzzy background —
Orphaned by war, “Lost Boys” find friends on North Haven
Exercises and experiences in diversity continued at North Haven Community School as three members of the “Lost Boys” of Sudan visited the school during the week prior to February vacation. The “Lost Boys” are so called after the story of Peter Pan, whose troop of boys managed, without adults, to survive on their own adaptability
Monks, Native Americans visit North Haven
For the most part, human diversity exists on Maine islands in color only, and that thanks to individuals or couples who have adopted children of other cultures. It was therefore a mind-expanding time on North Haven when Arnold Neptune, a Penobscot Indian elder, presented workshops on the history and culture of the Penobscot Nation, and
The Maine Land Bank isn’t for everyone
As much as we would like to support and encourage the Maine Land Bank (MLB) system of tax reduction [WWF Dec. 2002], and as much as we empathize with Chebeague Island residents, we don’t think this proposal will work for all islands. Based on our experience, it won’t work for North Haven. As assessors, we
The Lobster Chronicles
New York: Hyperion Books, 2002 $22.95 Island life, viewed from within This is not a definitive book about lobstering, nor is it a contrived description of idyllic island life. It is a book in which island residents and small-town residents will see themselves and their communities: the frustrations, the benefits, the characters, the challenges, the
“Islands” takes Manhattan, Portland by storm
Though the scale was minuscule compared to so many other lives and events, the tragedies of Sept. 11 placed a huge blockade in front of our plans. Our New York date was Sept. 29; we were due to leave on the 28th. It seemed so soon after the raw wound, and some students and parents