Vinalhaven News

I simply can't wait for Saturday's Our View with its "cheers and jeers." Cheers, cheers, cheers for the folks of Vinalhaven for having the foresight to recognize that self-help, versus waiting for someone else to do it, is critical in these tough times.

Vinalhaven residents Jessie Creelman, 11, and Hannah Noyes, 11, celebrate the three wind turbines in their community with pinwheels during a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday, Nov.

Less than five months after ground was broken for the Fox Islands Wind Project, three turbines are providing electricity to the island communities of Vinalhaven and North Haven.

Above shows turbines from both sides. See the aerial of the site at the bottom. Project along the popular Maine coast gets jump on Bay State project T his morning, Maine Governor John Baldacci joined the communities on the Fox Islands in a ceremony to dedicate the largest community-owned wind facility on the East Coast and the largest off-shore ...

Vinalhaven and neighboring North Haven are now getting their electric power from three windmills in what's billed as the largest community-owned wind farm on the East Coast.

Bill Haley lives only a couple hundred yards from the wind turbines. He finds the noise bothersome and fears it's negatively affecting his family's quality of life.

BANGOR : A number of Midcoast artists have donated work for the Maine Discovery Museum's annual auction Saturday, Nov.

ROCKLAND : The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce's online auction opened for bidding on October 19th and the online bidding will continue through Monday, November 16 .

PORTLAND : George Baker, vice president for community wind at the Island Institute and CEO of Fox Island Wind, will discuss "Lessons from an Early Win on Vinalhaven and North Haven" on Thursday, Nov.

CAMDEN : Sibling violinists Josie and Sophie Davis will present a recital to benefit local Kinderkonzerts Sunday, Nov.

This morning I took some fresh cider from trees from our own backyard to my son's second-grade class for its Halloween party.

ROCKLAND : Unique Experiences Up for Bid at the Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce Online and Live Auction The Penobscot Bay Regional Chamber of Commerce's online auction opened for bidding on October 19th and the online bidding will continue through Monday, November 16th.

Since the spring of 2007, Maine has used the SAT as its standardized test for juniors, replacing the Maine Educational Assessment test.

NEW YORK CITY : Aviva Rahmani, a longtime seasonal resident of Vinalhaven, is among the recipients of the Arts and Healing Network's 2009 AHN Award.

ROCKPORT : The Midcoast Community Holiday Fair will be held Saturday, Nov. 7 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Vinalhaven and North Haven rooms on the ground floor of the Samoset Resort.

VINALHAVEN : The seas were comparatively calm but the fog was dense in the late morning of Saturday, June 8, 1935, when the steamer Castine approached Vinalhaven carrying 75 people, mostly members of local granges who planned to attend a picnic with other grange members on the island.

THOMASTON : October is Adopt-A-Dog Month. Come on in for a visit at the shelter and fetch a best friend for life.

On the waters of Cobscook Bay this week, fishing boats are abundant: 23 boats in the water by dawn Monday.

ELLSWORTH, Maine a ' Pupils from the Charles C. Knowlton School and the Ellsworth Elementary-Middle School will join youngsters from around Maine and the world Tuesday for the International Walk to School Day.

RDHS Principal Tom Forti, who is beginning his second year at the helm of the Rockland school, said steps have been and are being taken to improve performance and significantly increase the rate of students who complete their education and graduate.