Frenchboro News

Hundreds of islanders gathered Monday morning at a 75-acre construction site in a misty spruce forest to celebrate the groundbreaking of the Fox Islands Wind project.

ROCKLAND : Arts in Rockland, in coordination with the Farnsworth's Maine in America Week, is hosting an entire day of arts and entertainment Friday, June 26.

FRENCHBORO : Have I got news for you. Donna and Gerd have arrived, and the museum is ready to open.

ROCKLAND : The remarkable summer show at Archipelago Fine Arts, the Island Institute's art gallery at 386 Main St., is "Catching the Light: The Frenchboro Paintings" by Daud Akhriev.

FRENCHBORO : The community of Frenchboro gathered on Friday, June 19, to honor 14-year-old Lance Bishop.

FRENCHBORO : This week we enjoyed our art teacher, Anne Claude Cotty, for three days instead of the usual two.

FRENCHBORO : What a week on Frenchboro. Monday we celebrated our Town Meeting with a barbeque on the church lawn.

BAR HARBOR : LD 1231, "An Act To Protect the Long-term Viability of Island Lobster Fishing Communities,a sponsored by Speaker Hannah Pingree, would allow islands to create their own limited-entry programs separate from their zonea s limited-entry program.

TREMONT : Sympathy is extended to the family of William Curran, formerly of Tremont, as he has gone home to be with the Lord.

ROCKLAND : From 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, May 23, the public is invited to preview the 2009 Island Journal, the Island Institute's celebrated yearly magazine of island life, and to raise a glass in tribute to the late Andrew Wyeth, a man who loved islands.

SWANS ISLAND : This past Saturday, May 16, over 60 Baptist arrived either on the Captain Henry Lee Ferry in Atlantic or the Sea Coast Mission's vessel, The Sunbeam , at Quarry Wharf.

FRENCHBORO : Spring has sprung, and it is a wet one. We are preparing for the green that is in the process of bursting on the scene any second now.

FRENCHBORO : Wea ve seen some definitive signs of spring here on the island: bumblebees, hummingbirds, the McEachrons, Chuck Amos a and tulips.

For the photographs of the Frenchboro residents, please view Down East's online gallery, 'Paula Lunt: Faces of Frenchboro' here.

Eight miles off the Maine coast lies the tiny island town of Frenchboro, where residents say you can truly leave the rat race behind.

FRENCHBORO : Spring Break. The kids were so excited for April vacation this year.

The center of the Oprah universe, that is. Frenchboro, which is seven miles offshore from Mount Desert Island and has only about 40 year-round residents, is going to be profiled Wednesday, April 29, on "The Oprah Winfrey Show." According to Doug Finn, a teacher at Frenchboro Elementary School, the town's small size and isolation are among the ...

FRENCHBORO : Our big news this week: Cameron Riley Lunt. Megan Murphy and Travis Lunt brought Cameron into the world on April 14, at 6:08 p.m. He weighed in at 8.1 pounds, 21 inches.

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FRENCHBORO : Frenchboro students went on a field trip last week courtesy of an anonymous donor and The Island Institute.