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LifeFlight Of Maine
LifeFlight of Maine, which provides rescue services on Maine islands, ran started out as a training exercise Aug. 22 on Vinalhaven. The purpose was to familiarize emergency medical services personnel with the procedures for bringing the helicopter to the island. The training portion of the exercise was about over when word came that a pregnant
Institute exhibit, capital campaign launched
Several hundred visitors jammed the Island Institute’s ground floor exhibit space on July 16 for the opening of a retrospective of the organization’s first 20 years. Items on view relate to programs, accomplishments and events since 1984, including pasture clearing on Allen Island, fisheries research in Penobscot Bay, environmental battles in Casco Bay and notable
Islands Managed for Seabird Restoration
The following is part of the “Managing Nature” headlining article of the August WWF. Islands managed by state and federal agencies for seabird restoration are as listed below: Stratton – Saco Bay Outer Green – Casco Bay Jenny – Casco Bay Pond – mouth of Kennebec River Eastern Egg Rock – Muscongus Bay Matinicus Rock
Video highlights initiatives to preserve island communities
The Genesis Community Loan Fund has released a new video that highlights several islands’ efforts to halt the erosion of year-round communities. The Damariscotta-based organization has also launched the Genesis Islands Fund at the Maine Community Foundation to support island based community development initiatives. The very existence of year-round island communities is being eroded by
From the Waterman’s Community Center, North Haven
Film-making for teens & August theatre camp: Know a young person who thinks making movies might be cool? Don’t miss Cecily Pingree’s one-week Intensive Documentary Film-making class for teens ages 13-19. Working together, students will plan, learn how to interview and operate a camera, shoot a film, edit, and then do a public showing of
New Man on Matinicus
For the time being, the youngest Matinicus Islander is Gardner Griffin, born June 30 at Miles Memorial Hospital in Damariscotta. Gardner is the son of year-round Matinicus residents Natalie Ames and John Griffin. In the photo he is taking the ferry to the island for the first time, July 6, with his mother. Admiring the
Windmills on Grand Manan
It’s heartening to hear of a zero-emissions energy project anywhere, particularly one as close by as Grand Manan. Eastern Wind Power, Inc., of New Brunswick, is proposing to build a 20-megawatt wind farm at Dark Harbour. Energy from the project’s 11 turbines would be sold to NB Power, the provincial utility. Granted, there’s never a
Institutions
Vinalhaven’s lively baseball history, Frenchboro’s annual lobster dinner, oyster culture in the Damariscotta River, Linda Greenlaw’s newest book, the ACE Olympics on Cliff Island: each speaks of tradition and community vitality; each, like summer itself, is worth celebrating. On Aug. 14, Frenchboro will put on its 42nd annual lobster dinner, an institution that draws visitors
Calendars are summer fundraisers
Community groups on Vinalhaven and Islesboro are raising funds with new calendars. Islands Community Medical Center on Vinalhaven is marketing a four-color calendar featuring images from a variety of photographers familiar with the island, along with tides for Carver’s Harbor supplied by Micronautics of Camden. The Medical Center calendar sells for $15.00. It is available
Breaking Ground
Portland Mayor Nathan Smith; Kay Taylor, Chair of the Casco Bay Health Center Board; City Councilors Peter O’Donnell and William Gorham; Julia Wilcock, Volunteers of America’s Director of Program Development and Jerry Garman, Chair of the Peaks Island Senior Housing Advisory Committee, break ground for the Peaks Island Health Center and Senior Housing Facility with