Islesford News

Private tour of the local waters around Mount Desert Island aboard a custom-built Stanley 36.

Children of Mount Desert Island just started getting immunized against swine flu.

MDI : What is a zebra doing in Penobscot Bay? Maine children's book author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen and storyteller and artistic director of the Stonington Opera House Judith Jerome are teaming up for The Circus Ship Island and Author History Tour.

Folks on Cranberry Island and Islesford will have an interruption in their electric service tomorrow.

For a series of reports on the differences between health care services in Maine and in New Brunswick, Canada, our reporter would like to speak with individuals who have crossed the international border in either direction to obtain needed treatment.

STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine a 'Firefighters from surrounding communities as well as state, county and local police converged on Route 1 about a half mile east of the Route 1A intersection late Thursday where a tractor-trailer collided with a pickup truck.

A federal judge has found an Islesford man guilty of producing child pornography by taking pictures of his former girlfriend's teenage daughter with cameras hidden in bathroom walls.

MDI : Local schools have met or exceeded federal and state standards in this year's Maine Educational Assessment testing, the last year that the academic evaluation tool is going to be used.

A federal judge will decide whether an Islesford man intended to produce child pornography when he captured images of his girlfriend's daughter by using hidden bathroom cameras, including one in a toilet, while the girl was a juvenile.

Submitted by Tim Sample on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 4:59pm. Maine Humor Why should we get a pass? Between the economic recession and the vacationing-in-a-moldy-pup-tent weather, the business climate in Maine this summer has been pretty dismal.

Submitted by Tim Sample on Fri, 08/21/2009 - 4:59pm. Maine Humor Why should we get a pass? Between the economic recession and the vacationing-in-a-moldy-pup-tent weather, the business climate in Maine this summer has been pretty dismal.

ISLESFORD : Islesford Boatworksa fourth annual boat launching celebration brought out quite the crowd of parents and well-wishers last Saturday.

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.

SOUTHWEST HARBOR : It is said one should never look a gift horse in the mouth. But in the case of the Clark Point Gallery's current gift to the community - it's exhibition of watercolors, many of them of MDI scenes, by Harold B. Warren - looking at it from every possible angle is an absolute must.

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

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.

ISLESFORD : Joseph Norman, painter, master printmaker and distinguished professor from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia will speak on his work at the Islesford Neighborhood House on Monday, July 6, at 3 p.m. Norman has been Artist-in-Residence at the Heliker-LaHotan Foundation on Great Cranberry Island since June 15, with ...

ISLESFORD : Author and illustrator Ashley Bryan of Islesford will be reading from and signing copies of his books at Islesford Artists Gallery on Little Cranberry Island, Saturday, July 4, from 2-4 p.m. Bryan, who has created more than 34 books, 37 seaglass panels, dozens of puppets, hundreds of paintings and thousands of toasted-cheese sandwiches, ...

MICHAEL H. TROTTER is a corporate and finance attorney with Taylor, English & Duma whose career has included serving as counsel for dozens of major corporations on securities, acquisitions, complex bank credit offerings, executive compensation and incentive compensation plans and other matters.