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5 hrs ago | Island Ad-Vantages

Holiday Schedule

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 The newspaper will not be published during the week of December 28 to January 1.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.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

Town meeting preparation begins

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

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Fri Dec 04, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

Lobstermen rein in vouchers for floating rope

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.

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Thu Dec 03, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

150-year-old church begins new life

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.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

Pharmacy break-in prompts $1,000 reward for information

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

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Island Ad-Vantages

Recycled art forms come to Deer Isle

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

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Wed Nov 18, 2009

Village Soup

Oceanfront Campground and Outdoor Recreation Facility ...

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

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Sun Nov 15, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

Chillya "but healthy

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.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

Five minutes and $95,000 later, Stonington gets a new fire truck

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 ...

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

Remembering Julia Childa s summers on the Island

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

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

ITworld

Open Source Changes the Software Acquisition Process

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 ...

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

The Emory Wheel

Emory Alum Directs Must-Sea Movie

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.

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Fri Oct 30, 2009

Island Ad-Vantages

"I'll get you, my pretty...!"

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

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Sat Sep 26, 2009

GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

New rules may force scallop fisherman to old ways

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.

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Thu Sep 24, 2009

Village Soup

New boat engine for half the cost

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.

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Tue Sep 15, 2009

Village Soup

California lobsters imported from Maine

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.

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Fri Sep 11, 2009

Bangor Daily News

Boat burns, sinks off Shingle Island

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.

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Wed Sep 02, 2009

Village Soup

Susanne Ward to lead free tai chi class

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.

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Tue Aug 11, 2009

Village Soup

Includes Photographs

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.

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Sun Aug 09, 2009

Village Soup

Includes Photographs

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.

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