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  • March 20

    Hooping on the island is a neighborly affair

    The players—3rd graders through 8th graders—were working the crowd.

    Gideon Davidson

    Media

  • Students on the shore during a lesson.
    March 20

    Girls embrace science in coastal setting

    The leadership class helps students examine the beliefs or ideas they have adopted or inadvertently accepted as fact.

    Isabel Reddy

    Media

  • Capt. Eric Jergenson
    March 16

    A school for 'that kid who just wants to work on the water'

    “The goal is to graduate kids so they’re ready for jobs.”
    —Eric Jergenson

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • Circus skills being taught
    March 15

    Sellam Circus School coming to Vinalhaven, coast, this summer

    A circus arts school recently formed in Biddeford will bring classes to the coast this summer.

    Staff Writer

    Media

  • Broadband
    March 15

    ​Cranberry Isles approves deal to establish broadband

    “One of the services people have come to expect is broadband.”

    Tom Groening

    Media, Economic Development

  • Vinalhaven's state champion team
    March 8

    The team within the team also deserves praise

    These girls are a remarkable bunch. They instinctively hand off real time leadership from one to the other…

    Phil Crossman

    Media

  • Brendan Hinman, left, is an 18-year-old freshman at Unity College from Colchester, Vt., majoring in conservation law enforcement. Lauren Kircheis, 19, of Bucksport, is a wildlife biology major.
    March 1

    Unity College fertile ground for green—and blue—recruiters

    The small private school, with a student body of about 675, bills itself as “America’s Environmental College.” Students major in such subjects as conservation law enforcement, aiming at careers as game wardens, park rangers and police officers.

    Tom Groening

    Media

  • The communal dinner
    January 30

    This shop crafts beautiful boats and beautiful lives

    “Carpenter” is a reference to Jesus, but the Carpenter’s Boat Shop is not a proselytizing organization and doesn’t subscribe to any specific faith, but it does emphasize cultivating a deep spirituality.

    Media

  • January 30

    The play's the thing

    Anywhere else I probably wouldn't have served on the planning board, become an EMT, started leading Pilates classes or opened a bakery.

    Courtney Naliboff

    Media

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