North Haven News

PORTLAND : George Baker, vice president for community wind at the Island Institute and CEO of Fox Island Wind, will discuss "Lessons from an Early Win on Vinalhaven and North Haven" on Thursday, Nov.

Whata s next with reorganization of schools? With the prospect of a repeal of the school district consolidation law now behind them, the state Department of Education and the Legislature will be faced with deciding what to do next with the controversial law.

This morning I took some fresh cider from trees from our own backyard to my son's second-grade class for its Halloween party.

ROCKLAND : Unique Experiences Up for Bid at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Online and Live Auction The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce's online auction opened for bidding on October 19th and the online bidding will continue through Monday, November 16th.

Since the spring of 2007, Maine has used the SAT as its standardized test for juniors, replacing the Maine Educational Assessment test.

The leadership in Maine's businesses, government and nonprofits is graying and set to retire, which means it's time for a younger generation to take the reins.

Supporters of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights - which will appear as Question 4 on the Nov.

Author and illustrator Chris van Dusen signs copies of his book "The Circus Ship" on Frenchboro.

Participants in a climate change rally in Belfast Saturday, Oct. 24, 2009 formed themselves in the shape of the number "350" in reference to their call for bringing the number of carbon dioxide particles in our atmosphere to 350 parts per million.

ROCKPORT : The Midcoast Community Holiday Fair will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Vinalhaven and North Haven rooms on the ground floor of the Samoset Resort.

VINALHAVEN : The seas were comparatively calm but the fog was dense in the late morning of Saturday, June 8, 1935, when the steamer Castine approached Vinalhaven carrying 75 people, mostly members of local granges who planned to attend a picnic with other grange members on the island.

CAMDEN : PopTech will convene Oct. 21 to Oct. 24 for the annual ideas summit at the Camden Opera House.

CAMDEN : State Rep. Hannah Pingree, D-North Haven, visited the Sept. 29 meeting of the Camden Rotary, which had gathered at the First Congregational Church for its weekly meeting.

RDHS Principal Tom Forti, who is beginning his second year at the helm of the Rockland school, said steps have been and are being taken to improve performance and significantly increase the rate of students who complete their education and graduate.

With less than five weeks until Election Day, both camps in the battle over Question 1 are busy raising money to keep their ads on the air as Mainers prepare to cast ballots on whether to allow gay marriage in Maine.

Maine's first "community wind power" project is nearing completion, and a lot of people are watching very carefully.

The term comes from scuttle a ' to cut a hole in a ' and butt a ' a large cask. Sailors would gather about the cask and trade stories and gossip, much like modern office workers do at the water cooler or coffee pot.

UNITY : As a celebration of rural living in Maine, the annual Common Ground Country Fair highlights Maine artists but also presents artists with Maine roots who currently live away.

NORTH HAVEN : Increased rain during the past two years has reduced the salinity in the Pulpit Harbor South Pond on North Haven where Adam Campbell has grown oysters for more than five years.

The state Legislature adjourned a few days early this year, ending its session in the early morning of June 13 instead of June 17, as originally scheduled.