
Results 1 - 20 of 29 in Jonesport, ME
An American colony in Jaffa
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... into a museum. David Bolton, grandson of Reed Holmes, explained that the Jaffa Colony's story begins in 1866 in Jonesport, Maine. It was the brainchild of George Jones Adams, a Shakespearian actor and Methodist preacher turned Mormon missionary. ... Comment?
Lighting up the holiday season:
... Sunday evening. Noah is blind and at age six is already a talented piano player with a local fanbase. Buy Photo JONESPORT, Maine - There was a bit of holiday magic in the waters between the coastal town of Jonesport and the island of Beals on Sunday ... Comment?
High absenteeism among students and staff due to ...
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... N1 in Maine than seasonal flu right now," he said. "Seasonal flu hasn't shown up yet in great numbers." Schools in Jonesport and on Beals Island in Washington County also were closed this week because of high rates of flu-related absenteeism. Comment?
... he's cancelling classes on Thursday and Friday so everyone can have time to get better. School was canceled in Jonesport and Beals on Monday and Tuesday, following the confirmation of a case of H1N1 there. More than 40 schools in Maine have reported ... Comment?
Injured person on sailboat rescued
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... injury. The U.S. Coast Guard launched a 47-foot boat from Rockland Station and the 87-foot cutter Moray from Jonesport to meet the sailboat and escort it to a more sheltered location. Coast Guard crews stabilized the patient before transferring the ... Comment?
Maine's cranberry growers find their healthy product under siege
A wet summer affected growing at Cranberry Cove Farm in Jonesport, where Ramone Hernandez of Deblois, farm co-owner Sharon Look and Jerry McLean of Steuben divert cranberries Tuesday to a suction device that will pump them to a hopper for sorting, cleaning and transport. Comment?
ROCKLAND : Chester E. Lenfestey Sr., 83, formerly of Jonesport, died Sept. 23, 2009, at his home with his wife, Margaret, at his side, after a long illness. Comment?
ROCKLAND : Chester E. Lenfestey Sr., 83, formerly of Jonesport, died Sept. 23, 2009, at his home after a long illness, with his wife, Margaret, at his side. Comment?
Solar Power Discussed As Energy Source
... a good poster child for using solar energy. His off-the-grid technical advanced house that he built by himself in Jonesport, Maine, was decked out with many of the technologies including photovoltaics, solar thermal hot water and rain water ... Comment?
... to serve northern-central Maine, encircling Dover-Foxcroft, and several projects in Downeast Maine, around Jonesport, among others. While these projects are undoubtedly beneficial on a local level, they cannot masquerade for a comprehensive ... Comment?
Seaweed harvest dispute swirling
... is not sustainable. It makes absolutely no sense." But for the seven harvesters in Cobscook Bay, eight more at Jonesport and another 16 off Grand Manan, the harvest means a weekly paycheck of $1,000 to $1,500. A good harvester, Strongin said, can ... Comment?
Sleeping on a Tide Table: A Kayak Trip to The Sands, off Jonesport, Maine.
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... the Maine Coast The Sands is an enchanting place, little more than a sand bar, about 10 miles south-southwest of Jonesport, Maine. It's a Bureau of Public Lands island visited by seals, seabirds, the occasional plucky kayaker and not much else. The ... Comment?
Southwest Harbor police blotter
... Harbor, for operating with a suspended license on Aug. 26. On Aug. 27, police summoned Sean F. Walsh, 23, from Jonesport, for operating with an expired license over 90 days. A Marshall Brook Road resident called to report two pigs running loose in ... Comment?
Machias Seal Island offers puffin-watchers paradise
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... Then ita TMs time to leave. Before long, a tour boat from the U.S. will arrive. Tours are offered by Norton of Jonesport, out of Jonesport, Maine, and Bold Coast Charter Company, out of Cutler, Maine. Machias Seal Island is at the centre of an ... Comment?
... the exhibit on Rockland's most famous sardine packer, Rita Willey, at the Maine Coast Sardine History Museum in Jonesport. Lanny, Rita's husband, said the museum has dedicated a whole wall to her trophies, photos, letters, awards and memorabilia. ... Comment?
Gould receives Boston Post Cane
... of Kathy MacLeod) Gould was born in Addison on Nov. 24, 1911. She and her husband, Thurman Gould, both grew up in Jonesport, a small fishing village in Washington County. They were married July 26, 1931. Thurman was a sardine seiner for many years. ... Comment?
Journey to the Center of Pulpit Rock: A Sea Kayak Day Trip out of Jonesport, Maine
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After completing the 100 mile drive from Belfast, Maine, I launched at noon from Kelly Point Campground in Jonesport. Comment?
Journey to the Center of Pulpit Rock: A Sea Kayak Daytrip out of Jonesport, Maine
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After completing the 100 mile drive from Belfast, Maine, I launched at noon from Kelly Point Campground in Jonesport. Comment?
... 23: Lobsterman Bobby Davis has a long way to go to reach his skiff as he descends a wharf ladder at low tide, in Jonesport, Maine. The 12-foot tide will reach the upper rungs of the ladder when it comes in about 6 hours later. Eastern Maine has some ... Comment?
Low prices have lobstermen adrift
Jim Batson and his cousin Rusty Batson of Jonesport sort through their catch aboard Blue Moon to be sold at the Beals-Jonesport Co-op in Jonesport on Tuesday. Comment?