The labyrinth of cedar-shingled buildings perched on granite ledges that overlook Jericho Bay was named by The New York Times one of the most significant works of postwar architecture.
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Posted inHealth, Local & State
UNE students lend a vital hand to Deer Isle nursing home hit hard by COVID
The partnership helped the home fill vital shifts as virus-stricken staffers isolated at home while offering future nurses and doctors an opportunity for intimate, hands-on experience during the pandemic.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Vocal bystanders can help those targeted by hateful words, actions
A swastika painted in front of a Bangor synagogue is just the latest attempt to try to frighten and degrade a minority community.
Posted inCommunity
Maine arts organizations receive nearly $1 million in federal funding
Maine Arts Commission in Augusta awarded $795,000 grant.
Posted inLocal & State
Noose removed from telephone wire on Deer Isle
The noose, a symbol of violence against African Americans, appeared on Juneteenth, a day commemorating emancipation.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World
Post offices, beloved community hubs, fight virus-era threat
Most Americans give the U.S. Postal Service high marks for its work getting mail to far-flung corners of the country each day.
Posted inLocal & State, News
‘If there was a good way to go, this was it’: Portland native chose his fate under new law
Ronald Deprez, who was 75 and living with a degenerative illness, became one of the first to end his life under Maine’s Death With Dignity Act.
Posted inLocal & State, News
Deer Isle arts colony receives $4 million gift, the largest in its history
The Haystack Mountain School of Crafts received the money to establish an endowment to preserve its campus overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News
Lobstermen tell regulators: Give us fewer buoy lines, but let us fish them how we want
Flexibility is the only way Maine’s diverse $485 million fishery can survive, they say at a hearing in Deer Isle.
Posted inBusiness, Food & Dining, Local & State, News
Chef of one of world’s top-rated restaurants will serve it up in Down East Maine
Summers in Maine inspired Ryan McCaskey’s Acadia in Chicago. Now, Stonington is getting Acadia House Provisions.