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PublishedApril 6, 2022
Islesboro Municipal Building Committee meets with project architect
A draft schedule discussed at the meeting calls for community information sessions beginning in mid-June ahead of a special town meeting vote in August.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2022
Travolta lists multimillion-dollar Islesboro home
The actor has owned the house for nearly 30 years.
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PublishedMarch 4, 2022
Islesboro community turns out for peace vigil for Ukraine
Speakers and audience members of many faiths gathered for song and prayer at sundown on Ash Wednesday.
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PublishedFebruary 18, 2022
Select Board approves contract with new health center architect
Stephen Blatt Architects of Portland, which has done work on Islesboro before, was chosen to take over design of the proposed new clinic.
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PublishedFebruary 4, 2022
Select Board accepts architect’s resignation from project
2A Architects Inc., based in Rockport, said it had "serious reservations" about continuing to work on a new health center for Islesboro because it lacked experiece designing rural health centers. The firm offered not to charge the town for its work to date.
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PublishedFebruary 1, 2022
Health center director discusses need for new facility
Residents had an opportunity to hear from Islesboro Health Center Director Dorie Henning and ask her questions regarding the current health center and a proposed new clinic.
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2022
Islesboro urges Mack Point for offshore wind port over Sears Island
Both the island's Select Board and Islesboro Islands Trust would like to see the state exchange the industrial site's oil import infrastructure for modern offshore wind manufacturing. The project is now in the feasibility phase.
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2022
Need for housing looms large in island community
The Islesboro Housing Committee recently completed a survey that confirms the need for low- and middle-income housing. The problem is, it takes time to build, if a place to build can even be found.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2022
Public safety leaders detail need for larger, more ‘professional’ space
Fire Chief Murt Durkee and Public Safety Director Fred Porter talked about needed changes to their workspace and took questions from the public on Zoom Jan. 20.
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PublishedJanuary 4, 2022
New committee gets tour of crowded health center, public safety spaces
The Health and Safety Building Committee is charged with investigating the feasibility of building a new health clinic for the island, remodeling the existing clinic for Public Safety and Fire Department use, and creating an up-island fire substation.
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