Deer-Isle News

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

Ten years ago, the accreditation team from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges would check for an adequate number of fire extinguishers and the state of the facility, said West in a recent interview.

This tray and table combo by Bar Harbor artist Linda Kelley is one of dozens of one of a kind "Tray Chic" items being auctioned at the Discovery Museum in Bangor, Nov.7. Bangor a ' Museum supporters, community leaders, patrons of the arts and folks seeking a fun night out will all gather at the Spectacular Event Center, Saturday, Nov.

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

THOMASTON : THOMASTON, ME: Important European art from the 15th - " 18th Centuries, plus many fine American antiques and paintings will feature strongly in Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' November 7 & 8 sale.

Bangor Hydro crews are addressing a service interruption in the Deer Isle and Sedgwick area affecting nearly 3,000 customers due to the wind and rain.

ELLSWORTH : Haystack School Director and poet Stuart Kestenbaum will read his poetry at The Maine Grind on Wednesday, Oct.

BAR HARBOR : Music of the Balkan region of Europe, has a deep oral tradition and a unique blend of vocal styles and rhythms.

Police are looking for the person or persons who severely vandalized a home in Deer Isle.

DEER ISLE a ' The crews of two disabled sailboats were rescued Saturday. According to reports from the U.S. Coast Guard, one 20-foot sailboat with two people on board had nearly run aground near Northwest Harbor in Deer Isle at about 4:30 p.m. The op-erators were able to set out an anchor and a Good Samaritan towed them to a nearby moor-ing ball.

Laurie Adams in 'Work of the Hand' Turning a new page ROCKPORT : When "Work of the Hand" celebrates 20 years beginning Friday night, Oct.

" Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten is to foodies what Eddie Vedder is to rockers and Tom Brady is to sports fanatics.

ELLSWORTH : The artwork of June Kellogg is now on display at the Ellsworth Center of the University of Maine System's Center Gallery.

For one weekend in October, Deer Isle will be a culinary paradise. Three world-renowned chefs will cook a meal to be remembered on the evening of Friday, Oct.

ELLSWORTH, Maine a ' The Hancock County Underage Drinking Task Force made several arrests last weekend as the result of a countywide detail.

LINCOLNVILLE : Coastal Mountains Land Trust will host a nature photography workshop led by Ben Magro Oct.

Billings Diesel and Marine mechanic Troy Morey unpacks the marine gear from a crate at the company's Stonington facility on Thursday, September 24, 2009.

Route 15 in Deer Isle was closed down for 5 hour Monday evening as crews cleaned up a truck roll-over. Around 4:30 Monday afternoon, a truck carrying 200 crates of lobster en route to Massachusetts took a sharp turn, over corrected, and flipped over; taking out part of a guard rail.

SEARSPORT : "Painting the Maine Waterfront," featuring the work of seven artists, is on view at the downtown Penobscot Marine Museum's Main Street Gallery through Oct.

Lobstering is not the kind of job that sounds good on a resume. I learned this when I tried to explain the only full-time job I had held to a peer adviser at college.