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The Deer Isle Grange started in 1877, and members still meet
each Thursday.
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Pristine Deer Isle Appreciated by Artists
There are those from Deer Isle, the island, and those from Deer
Isle, the town. Big difference, that distinction.
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Elderly at Home
With the Grange
There are
granges that struggle and granges that thrive. The Deer Isle Grange
No. 296, whose charter goes back to 1877, is the second kind. It
closed once, in the 1920s and 1930s, only to regain both its charter
and its strength.
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Still Hardy After
All These Years
It’s hard to say which role provides Neville Hardy with his unique
perspective on Deer Isle—his 25 years as proprietor of Hardy’s
General Store or his 34 years as selectman.
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Locals Stirred by
Condominium Possibilities
The town of Deer Isle
doesn’t have an ordinance addressing condominium developments. So
when a local landowner proposed a condominium project on 22 acres at
Goose Cove, the planning board wasn’t sure what action to take.
Moreover, many residents in the town raised objections.
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Galleries and
Artists Are Plentiful in the Village
Deer Isle is the perfect place for drivers divided between taking a
scenic drive and visiting an art gallery.
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| Music: Town Band
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A Bit Like
"Brigadoon"
Once a year, the wooden, hand-made sign hangs on the façade of the
Shakespeare School building: Home of the Community Band.
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Engineers’ Eyes
Stay Steady on the Bridge
That high, half-mile-long suspension bridge spanning Eggemoggin
Reach and connecting Deer Isle to the rest of
Maine
is spectacular as both a sight and a feat of engineering.
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Travels With
Charley—and George
John Steinbeck stayed in Deer Isle in 1960. Deer Isle was the
starting point for his around-America book, “Travels with Charley.”
The stories about that visit won’t go away.
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| Written and photographed
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Deer Isle Facts:
Acreage: 15,550
Population, 2000: 1,876
Population, 1990: 1,892
Population 19 years old and younger, 2000: 459
Median age: 44.2
School: Deer Isle-Stonington
Elementary, Deer Isle-
Stonington High School
Library: Chase Emerson
Memorial Library
Churches: Congregational 3,
Latter Day Saints 1, other 1
Town meeting: First Monday
in March
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They
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“We are the
 stewards
of this special place. It is up to us to keep it from slipping
through our fingers.”
— Terrell Lester
Deer Isle resident
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The Early
Years:
1762: First settled by William Eaton,
gaining its descriptive name from the abundance of deer.
1772: Mark Haskell and Sons puts up a saw and gristmill at
Northwest Harbor.
1789: Town incorporates, with land titles settled. Each
owner of five years or more is granted 100 acres in exchange for the
cost of surveying and filing of deeds.
1790: Deer Isle has population of 682, a number that will
jump to 2,217 by 1830.
1835: The Martha Washington Benevolent Society forms
projects on the island.
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