Brooksville News

Libraries are wonderful allies when it comes to exhibiting fiber art, and the Blue Hill Public Library sets the standard for such displays.

By COLIN POWELL Announcing its location every two hours, ber Sail has spent the last six months at the mercy of the wind and currents in the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

By CAROLINE SPEAR Open municipal seats, nomination papers, warrant article deadlines - all are signs of the impending town meeting season.

A grass-roots organization looking to develop a community wind power project that would bring low-cost, renewable power to the Blue Hill Peninsula has received an in-kind grant that will allow it to begin a study of wind power potential on Caterpillar Hill.

On Nov. 16 deputies received a call from a woman on Osprey Lane in Trenton who said she had been assaulted by her boyfriend.

Looking west over Walker Pond from the scenic turnout at Caterpillar Hill. Sedgwick voters approved the taking of land belonging to Blue Hill Heritage Trust for access to the pond at a special town meeting last week.

By COLIN POWELL The towns of Blue Hill, Brooksville, Castine and Penobscot will begin a search for a new superintendent this month.

AUGUSTA : The Maine Arts Commission has named the 2010 Traditional Arts Masters.

AUGUSTA, Maine a ' The Maine Arts Commission has named five Maine artists, including a woodcarver from Limestone and a Penobscot basketmaker from Exeter, as 2010 Traditional Arts Masters.

For one weekend in October, Deer Isle will be a culinary paradise. Three world-renowned chefs will cook a meal to be remembered on the evening of Friday, Oct.

HARBORSIDE : The Good Life Center at Forest Farm, the homestead of back-to-the-landers Helen and Scott Nearing, continues the tradition of Monday night meetings at the Reversing Falls Sanctuary in West Brooksville.

ROCKLAND : From Wednesday, Aug. 12, through Sept. 26, the Caldbeck Gallery will exhibit new work by Alan Bray of Sangerville; sculpture and collages by Lise Becu of Tenants Harbor; sculpture from the estate of Anne Weber , formerly of Georgetown; and paintings by Anne Ayvaliotis of Washington and Paul Rickert of Brooksville.

ELLSWORTH : a oeAmericans Who Tell the Truth,a a series of portraits of remarkable Americans by Robert Shetterly of Brooksville, Maine, are on display in the lobby of The Grand for the month of August.

In another groundbreaking - Story at the Quarry,' performance artists from many disciplines use a granite amphitheater in Stonington to stage - Q2: Habitat' Director-choreographer Alison Chase shows the "bird-watchers" how to react during a scene rehearsal last week for the production of "Q2: Habitat" at Settlement Granite Quarry in Stonington.

AUGUSTA, Maine a ' The House Ethics Committee will meet Monday to determine if a Maine lawmaker should be penalized for allegedly mistreating police when he was summonsed for possession of illegal fireworks on the Fourth of July.

BROOKSVILLE, Maine a ' A 67-year-old Brooksville man was in custody Tuesday night after he was arrested in connection with a shooting incident earlier that evening.

The turnout was low, but Jim Melia still managed to turn heads during Saturday afternoon's gathering of the Pine Tree chapter of the Society for the Preservation and Appreciation of Motorized and Antique Firefighting Apparatus in America, or SPAAMAA.

Author Julia M. Usher has amassed quite a creative collection of ideas for treats.

A Brooksville man was killed in a car accident Friday on Varnumville Road. Maine State Police responded to the scene around 5:30pm after receiving a call that a vehicle went off the road, and was upside down in a stream.

On Sunday, the staff, participants and their caregivers celebrated the first anniversary of Friendship Cottage, an adult day service program, with an open house at the facility.