CATEGORIES

A stamp of approval for Marlinespike

Belvedere Craft fellowhip goes to Tim Whitten

Volunteer shortages, spotty radio signals plague fire departments

SEDGWICK—Recruiting, training and retaining volunteers to provide fire services to local communities has been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chickadee Compost to start at Stonington transfer station

Gets cold shoulder from Brooklin residents

‘Tis the season for yachtspotting

Fancy billionaire yachts entertain islanders

School sports still on hold

CSD decides to wait for word from Augusta

Rock pile to go, chain link fence to stay

Ballfield now hosts Opera House stage

Mailboat captains rescue distressed sailors

Tiny craft nearly blown out to sea

Q & A with Julie Eaton and Genevieve McDonald

Two lobster boat captains vying for Democratic nomination for state rep

Towns to protesters: Calm down and talk to each other

DEER ISLE—The Towns of Stonington and Deer Isle on June 21 issued a rare joint statement condemning racism after a noose was hung on a telephone wire in Little Deer Isle. (See Forum page 4 of this issue).

Janet Mills' day off

An overworked governor is determined to have a day off in Stonington

GALLERY FOCUS

Courthouse Gallery presents two new exhibitions

Suddenly, a problem with graffiti

Towns combat vandalism

They're off! Island gardeners compete to grow the biggest squash

DEER ISLE—A contest to grow the biggest Blue Hubbard squash on Deer Isle began in early June as a collaboration among the Healthy Island Project, the Evergreen Garden Club and the Deer Isle-Stonington schools.

LIBRARY NEWS

Chase Emerson Memorial Library

DISHS graduation unlike any before

With never more than 50 people at a time at the ceremony

A brief history of Carman's Rock

From soap billboard to annual ritual

Black Lives Matter protest draws 100+ in Deer Isle

Islanders come out to protest racism, police brutality

Hundreds watch as teachers, staff drive length of island

Motorcade celebrates end of a difficult year

Big response, little fire at the high school

Fire units from six towns relieve principal from firefighting duties

HERE & ABOUT

Courthouse Gallery opens Spring Show

Colwell Ramp finished, for now

STONINGTON—The town has finished phase one of its plan to fix up the Colwell Ramp property at the foot of Seabreeze Avenue.

Island lodging businesses look at a slow summer

14-day quarantine a deal breaker

Memorial Ambulance volunteers make first-aid kits for schools

DEER ISLE—The Memorial Ambulance Corps has made 80 first-aid kits and placed most of them in Deer Isle-Stonington elementary and high school classrooms.

Garden Club maintains ‘secluded gem'

Mariners Park in its 59th year

A good deed goes rewarded

Teacher Appreciation Week turns into Parent Appreciation Week

On the pandemic shopping list: an island home in Maine

Island real estate market hot, hot, hot

Hand sanitizer now an island giveaway

This little bottle of hand sanitizer comes with a caring message from the Island Health and Wellness Center. you’ll find one in your bag when you pick up an item from the Seaside Pharmacy.

Four top students to be honored at DISHS graduation

The best of the Class of 2020

Crumbling causeway stokes fears of trouble ahead

The shoulder of the Deer Isle causeway is eroding three years after the state Department of Transportation repaired the road.

Alexander Tully named second honor essayist at GSA

Alexander Patrick Tully, Second Honor Essayist.