What started as one umbrella cover tacked to her kitchen wall 25 years ago has turned into the only museum of its kind in the world for Umbrella Cover Museum founder and curator Nancy 3. Hoffman. To commemorate the milestone and the more than 2,000 covers on display at 62 Island Ave. on Peaks Island, […]
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Inflation stalls Maine infrastructure projects including new ferry for Peaks Island
The agency that runs Casco Bay ferries spent 5 years putting together $15 million in funding to replace its 30-year-old Machigonne II. The sole bid for the new boat came in at more than $22 million.
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Rattled by increase in airplane noise, Peaks Islanders are the latest to seek relief
‘We have more planes coming over Peaks Island now than we have at any time in our history,’ one resident says.
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Peaks Island survey seeks residents’ priorities for PIC
The Priority Setting Committee of the Peaks Island Council is conducting a survey to gauge the priorities that islanders feel should be addressed by the island council over the next two to four years. The survey, which can be found at https://bit.ly/2TXu0Cx closes June 26. All responses will remain anonymous. Each resident can only fill […]
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Opponents seek probe of priority ferry boarding plan for Peaks Island residents
Casco Bay Lines approved the one-year pilot program for residents, property owners and their families this spring, but not everyone is on board.
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Peaks Island community rallies around family displaced by fire
Island residents have raised more than $60,000 for the family who lost their home and all of their possessions in a fire last week.
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Peaks Island blaze destroys 2 buildings, a boat and a van
No one was injured in the fire Thursday afternoon on Highland Avenue, and its cause is under investigation.
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In ‘Margreete’s Harbor,’ midcentury America’s social upheavals reach coastal Maine
Major social and political movements of the 1950s and ’60s steer Eleanor Morse’s minutely observed multigenerational family saga.
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Noted Peaks Island photographer Arthur J. Fink dies at 74
He had an enduring connection to the Bates Dance Festival, where he served as resident photographer from 2005 through 2017.
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New eco-friendly ferry will soon carry passengers between mainland and Peaks Island
The vessel, which will feature a hybrid diesel-battery propulsion system, will replace the aging Machigonne II, built in 1987.