Stonington News

This issue is the annual special color Christmas issue of Island Ad-Vantages. The newspaper will not be published during the week of December 28 to January 1. Our current Web material, including extra drawings by area school children, will stay on our Web site, www.islandadvantages.com , for two weeks.

Nomination papers are available and town meeting warrant article deadlines are nearing.

The Gulf of Maine Lobster Foundation launched this federally funded program to compensate lobstermen who must convert to sinking poly groundlines, according to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan, in order to reduce the risk of whale entanglements.

From left, Lorraine Knowlton, pastor of the Community of Christ, Stonington; Cheryl Brown, last pastor of the RLDS North Deer Isle Church; and the Rev.

The alarm, despite the loss of power, was connected to a battery back-up and worked as intended.

Bryant Holsenbeck's mandala of recycled bottle caps is on display at Haystack's Center for Community Arts.

We welcome you to visit one of the most extraordinary places on the coast of Maine.

Photo courtesy of Deer Isle-Stonington schools. On the morning of November 5 the students and staff of both the Island's elementary and high schools braved the cold and wet snow for their third annual schoolwide health walk.

Voters also authorized the selectmen to finance up to $95,000 for the purchase. The truck will replace the department's aging pumper vehicle and will cost approximately $241,000. Of the money needed, approximately $140,000 will come from the town's fire truck reserve, $12,000 will be donated from the fire company and the rest will be paid for with ...

Her striking height and unmistakable voice made it impossible not to notice her presence.

November 2, 2009, 12:03 AM - I used to own a computer store, back in the days when an Intel 80386 was the standard for business PCs and geeks would sigh wistfully, wishing they could afford a '486. I loved helping people pick out a computer system that was right for them, and consulting with the business owners to choose the software that was best ...

For most of us here at Emory, it's difficult to grasp the concept of going straight from high school to a full-time job - especially when that job is one as strenuous as lobstering.

It sure didn't look like Glinda the Good Witch who appeared in the sky over Stonington harbor.

Changes in the federal sea scallop rules governing the hundreds of general category scallopers have infuriated Wally Gray, who often fishes out of Gloucester on his 44-foot Foxy Lady II.

SOUTH THOMASTON : Jason Witham of South Thomaston became the first person in Maine to replace the engine in his lobsterboat with help from a government grant on Sept.

ROCKLAND : Maine Lobster Festival enthusiasts need not worry; even though a lobster festival in Long Beach, Calif., bills itself as the Original Lobster Festival, it imports its lobsters from Stonington, Maine.

Two fishermen were reported to be safe Thursday after the boat they were in caught fire in the morning and then sank, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

ROCKLAND : Susanne Ward will teach a free tai chi class on Tuesday, Sept. 15 from 5:45 to 7:15 p.m. at the SOMA Pilates Studio in Rockland.

Julia Usher Usher, a part-time Stonington resident, worked as a mechanical engineer and management consultant after graduating from Yale in 1984, but never put aside her appetite for baking.

Julia Usher Usher, a part-time Stonington resident, worked as a mechanical engineer and management consultant after graduating from Yale in 1984, but never put aside her appetite for baking.