Deer-Isle News

ELLSWORTH : The Ellsworth Duplicate Bridge Club held a regular open game on July 2. Winners were: 1st, Rosemary and Richard Colwell of Deer Isle; 2nd, Larry Hudgens of Bass Harbor, Van Raymond of Bangor; 3rd, Marcel Akselrod of Trenton, Michael Povich of Ellsworth; 4th, Ed Miller of Castine, Bill Swayne of Castine; 5th, Petko Petkov of Ellsworth, ...

Just about everything about Deer Isle is fun, including a walk through the woods to Barred Island.

ELLSWORTH : Courthouse Gallery Fine Art, 6 Court St., will present ink wash drawings and wood engravings by Bernard Brussel-Smith, American , through Aug.

For coastal communities that rely on shellfish harvesting to survive, closures forced by toxic algae blooms - really hits us in the gut' Commercial clam diggers Alan Hutchinson and John Forrester work on the mud flats near the Deer Isle causeway Friday afternoon.

Fred Langsman, shop manager for River "Bank" Gallery on Main Street in Cherryfield, takes avantage of Wednesday's sun to cut the grass outside the gallery.

Retirement from a life in banking prompts sculptor Claude O'Donnell of Holden to unleash the creative hippie hidden in the gray flannel suit A piece called "Fed Ex" by former drummer and banker Claude O'Donnell adorns a shelf at the Blue Hill Library as part of an exhibit this month.

DEER ISLE, Maine a ' A Stonington man is facing criminal charges after leading police on a high-speed chase through three Hancock County towns, according to the Hancock County Sheriffa TMs Department.

A Stonington man faces multiple charges after allegedly leading police on a high-speed chase through three towns that hit speeds of 100 mph.

A Stonington man is free on bail after leading police on a high-speed chase with speeds exceeding 100 mph.

ELLSWORTH : The Ellsworth Duplicate Bridge Club held a regular open game on June 11.

For members of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America, there's nothing better than getting their motors running and heading down the highway.

CAMDEN : The photographs of Liv Kristin Robinson and Deb Vendetti will be on display during the month of June in the Jean Picker Room of Camden Public Library, Atlantic Avenue.

A fire of unknown origin destroyed a single-story home on Dunham Point Road late Saturday afternoon.

A father and daughter are homeless after a fire destroyed their home in Deer Isle Saturday.

WARREN : Stemwinder Sculpture Works & Gardens is beginning its second full year with an open studio Saturday and Sunday, June 13 and 14.

Among the photographs in his book "Ruin: Photographs of a Vanishing America," Camden resident Brian Vandem Brink has featured many Maine structures, including this one from East Machias.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a Deer Isle, Maine-based fishing vessel about four miles southeast of Marshall Island Wednesday, when a boarding team discovered a safety violation onboard.

The state's scallop advisory council is proposing to close nine areas along the coast during the 2009-10 winter scallop fishing season.

CAMDEN : The Community School of Camden graduated six students from its Residential Program on May 1. The graduates are Samantha Willard of Pittston, Justin Socobasin of Indian Township, Theron Ceranic of Bar Harbor, Liz Davenport of Waldo, Jake Schmidt of Deer Isle and Nathan John of Brooklin.

Drivers crossing the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge can expect alternating one-way traffic to begin as soon as Monday as crews begin a $9 million paint job on the bridge.