Cranberry-Isles News

A possible check scam was reported on Oct. 27. A man told police on Oct. 27 that his employer had refused to pay him for his last 60 hours of work.

CRANBERRY ISLES : The Cranberry Island Historical Society will host an art exhibition, Saturday and Sunday, Oct.

Though it has been well maintained and a small library wing was added on and then expanded in the 1990s, the Neighborhood House on Little Cranberry Island hasn't changed much since it was built in 1913.

CRANBERRY ISLES : Dr. Margaret Shively welcomed a black Labrador, Shadow, aboard her boat, Sea Keeper , for some routine veterinarian care on a recent visit to Great Cranberry Island.

CRANBERRY ISLES : Cranberry Island artist and resident Henry Isaacs will be conducting an unprecedented painting workshop, Labor Day Weekend, Friday, Sept.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : Cranberry Isles artist Wini Smart will be signing her picture book autobiography, "A Long, Long Way," Thursday, July 23, at Smart Studio, Main Street, Northeast Harbor from 5-7 p.m. A long overdue book about Smart's life challenges, career and art work, the book has been a best seller in local markets and shops.

SOMESVILLE : Four whole days of beautiful sunshine and didn't the lawn grass grow? My daisy garden in front of my kitchen window is just about ready to drop their heads and go wherever all plants and good flowers go.

ELLSWORTH : Pets caught in house fires in Hancock County have a better chance of survival thanks to the Downeast Dog Scouts.

CRANBERRY ISLES : The Islesford Dock Gallery, a recent addition to the art community of Islesford, will highlight artists and craftsmen - some from the Cranberry Isles, some from away, all with an aesthetic connection to the islands and Maine.

CRANBERRY ISLES : The Preble-Marr Museum Cranberry House on Great Cranberry Island is now open for its second year.

NORTHEAST HARBOR : The Northeast Harbor Library has a small but attractive collection of old fishing gear on display for the summer.

ROCKLAND : The Island Institute announced award recipients for the first year of grant making through the Four-Season Island Agriculture Fund, first launched in May and made possible by a grant from the 1772 Foundation.

BAR HARBOR : The Appeals Board voted Tuesday night not to hear Andrew Keblinskya s appeal of Harbor Master Charlie Phippen's refusal to allow him to use a float at the Town Pier for the ferry service he wants to establish between Bar Harbor and the Cranberry Isles.

Elinor Klivans shares her Raspberry and Chocolate Chip Crumbs Cake recipe. You can find the recipe in the 207 Kitchen Section.

On June 9, these budgets already will represent the product of more than six months of work by local school administrators, your elected school board members, citizen warrant committees, municipal select boards, town councils, and a ' most recently a ' the legislative bodies of the voters at your own town meetings.

LAMOINE : It was a beautiful day for a boat launch at the docks in Northeast Harbor, where fishermen and tour boat operators loaded traps and life jackets, folks from the Cranberry Isles came off the mailboat, workmen in their pickup trucks enjoyed the classic vista while eating lunch, and bagpiper David Weeda, a friend of boatbuilder Stewart ...

Features Treasured Islands A new generation has brought new life to the beautiful Cranberry Isles.

TRENTON : The Maine Department of Transportation has completed its Capital Work Plan for the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 biennium.