DEER ISLE — Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, which holds dozens of summer workshops and draws students and instructors from all over the globe, Tuesday announced that its 2020 program has been suspended due to health risks arising from the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Hailed last year by Forbes magazine as “an incubator for American …
ELLSWORTH – Normally, the Longs are going every which way daily from before dawn to long after dark. Aaron directs a nursery school and coaches high school track and field while his wife, Alisa Long, teaches high school science and their 15-year-old daughter Azaria and son Tyson, 12, have demanding school and sports schedules. But …
WINTER HARBOR — “Happy birthday Winter Harbor. Happy birthday to you….” chimed more than 75 local residents and other well-wishers who celebrated the town’s 125th birthday over cake at a reception last Saturday afternoon at Hammond Hall. Hosted by the Winter Harbor Historical Society, the birthday party was held to mark this coastal community’s secession …
WINTER HARBOR — Maine photographer Gerard “Gerry” Monteux is known for his nightscapes, illuminating in detail the Milky Way and other sights from the pink granite ledges of Schoodic Point and other scenic spots in Hancock County and beyond. Bath artist Siri Beckman, who lived and worked for decades in Stonington, is drawn too by …
ELLSWORTH — A shot of pluck, splash of creativity and dash of panache. Shake it up and you might have the winning recipe for the Ellsworth Area Chamber of Commerce’s upcoming Bicentennial Cocktail Contest. The competition will be held to toast Maine’s 200th birthday during the chamber’s “March Dine Around” promotion running March 1-31. The …
ELLSWORTH — A chance to change the course of one’s life and make amends for past wrongdoings is a wonderful thing. The possibility of redemption is powerfully conveyed in Ebenezer Scrooge’s joyful awakening to the world and realization of his greed and indifference to the suffering and love of those around him in The Grand’s …
“You’ve slipped out of your world and to mine. Enjoy the ride,” writes Diana Roper McDowell in her artist statement. The Lamoine artist’s striking watercolors are currently on view through January at the Wine Cellar Gallery at 158 Main St. in Ellsworth. An opening reception/wine tasting will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. on …
ELLSWORTH — The Grand has teamed up with Bangor-based Launchpad to launch “Music at The Grand,” a new year-long series featuring diverse local and nationally known performing artists. Launched on Oct. 22, The Grand and Launchpad will kick off the new series with the hard-driving folk-rock quartet Ghost of Paul Revere and Hancock’s Chris Ross …
GOULDSBORO — Six fire departments responded to and extinguished a fire early Saturday afternoon at a Gouldsboro Point home. No one was in the dwelling at the time and the structure mainly sustained smoke damage, Gouldsboro Assistant Fire Chief Ken McCartney reports. McCartney said that the one-story house’s owner Earl Sassaman arrived home to see …
BLUE HILL — “Haul, boys haul. Haul, boys haul. Heave away the capstan, lads, and let’s get up the trawl. When the winds a blowin’, the ship’s a gently rollin’…” So goes “Haul, Boy, Haul,” an old sea shanty, sung while sailors heaved at a ship’s capstan to weigh anchor. That sailor’s hauling chant is …
ELLSWORTH — Have a hankering for a milkshake and hamburger? Head on over then next Thursday, May 16, to Ellsworth High School, where freshly painted murals hark back to the ’50s and carefree days of slurping root beer floats at soda fountains. From 5 to 7 p.m., the community is invited to stop by for …
GOULDSBORO — “Missing Link,” a stop-motion animated film about a lonely, lovable Sasquatch resembling a giant, apelike pine cone, who enlists a pompous British explorer to guide and help him find his missing relatives in Shangri La, opens this weekend April 12-14 in cinemas across the nation and world. Prospect Harbor’s Adam Fisher, who …
