Town meeting elections are shaping up to be contested in Deer Isle and Stonington, with time still left to throw your hat in. What are you waiting for? Also inside, read about Project Launch and a survey that is headed your way.

The Island Nursing Home board asks area towns for help with operating losses as it looks to reopen with residential care beds. A federal district court judge grants the lobster industry a reprieve as federal regulators get two years to come up with new rules to protect right whales. And the Marine Stewardship Council announces it is suspending Gulf of Maine lobster certification. 

The Island Nursing Home board of directors seeks feedback from the public on its draft plan to reopen the facility with 32 residential-care beds by July 1, 2023. Test scores at Deer Isle-Stonington elementary and high schools show improvement since last spring, with no sign of “summer slide.” And a Stonington native reflects on semi-retirement after nearly four decades in banking. 

Local results are in for the 2022 General Election, where voter turnout was high across the Peninsula and Island. The Stonington select board agrees to put a budget article on the warrant for a special town meeting in December to address inflation costs. And two Maine organizations will receive federal fuding  to strengthen the lobster industry and improve research.  

The Maine Lobster Industry Rally attracts more than 300 fishermen, their families, state officials and the media as the industry vows to fight on. An environmental group sides with the lobster industry, asking that fishing regulators be granted two years to come up with new whale-protection rules. And Haystack Mountain School of Crafts appoints a new executive director. 

Maine Lobstering Union seeks help from President Biden in preventing implementation of whale-protection rules. A federal appeals court sides with the MLA, granting expedited consideration of its appeal of the decision in Maine Lobstermen’s Association v. National Marine Fisheries Service. And the spirit of Halloween is strong at a Deer Isle residence whose spooky decorations are designed to draw onlookers!


Lobstering families rally in Portland and plan to assemble on October 30 at Stonington’s Fish Pier. The Island Nursing Home board plans to reopen the facility with 32 residential beds and hopes to hire an administrator by December 1. And Healthy Island Project celebrates one year as Deer Isle’s market hub for the year-round, online farmers market FarmDrop. 

Deer Isle officials anticipate that the cost to remove years of ash from the transfer station will be high. A running toilet on Bay View Avenue is the latest in a string of expensive leaks in Stonington. And Nancy Hodermarsky, named the oldest person in Deer Isle, receives the Boston Post Cane!

With a federal judges’s decision on stricter whale rules expected as soon as November, discouraged lobstermen are taking every opportunity to make their voices heard. Lead is discovered in the drinking water at Deer Isle-Stonington’s elementary and high schools. And Stonington is drafting ordinances to regulate short-term rentals. 

Communities show support for lobster fishermen as rallies are planned for October in Portland and Stonington. Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries welcomes a new executive director. And the Deer Isle select board agrees to contract out some of the town’s plowing needs this winter.

The Maine Lobstermen’s Association appeals a federal district court decision upholding the latest whale rules. Island residents meet to learn about the climate factors that threaten the Deer Isle Causeway—and sources of funding available to respond. And Stonington’s new health care committee schedules a focus group with local health care workers to seek solutions to rural health care issues. 

The Island Nursing Home board has agreed to sell two-thirds of its bed rights  despite community appeals not to do so. A recent decision from a federal judge to order more stringent whale rules in the near future will significantly impact the lobster industry and coastal communities. And two longtime Islanders lend their expertise—and cooking tips—to a recent lunchtime webinar with MCCF. 

Area select boards seek a written plan from the Island Nursing Home board about its funding request, while the board continues to seek help with staffing the facility. Volunteers led by the Opiate-Free Island Partnership trained hundreds of people to use Narcan over the course of the Blue Hill Fair. And Stonington convenes a health care task force, a subcommittee of its Economic Development Committee, that will meet beginning this month. 

The Island Nursing Home board is looking for staff to reopen the facility, reaching out to area towns and former employees. Greenhead Lobster tails are the focus of a QVC television feature shot in Stonington. And the Blue Hill Fair is back at the fairgrounds over the holiday weekend for its 131st year!

A volunteer group collects more than 1,500 petition signatures from the Island and Peninsula communities calling for change at the Island Nursing Home. The INH board says it won’t sell its bed rights if the towns come up with money, housing and help finding staff. And Eagle Island Light welcomes 75 people at its annual lighthouse open house. 

A house fire on Fifield Point in Stonington claims the life of a local man. A special meeting is planned with the Stonington select board and members of the Island Nursing Home to discuss efforts to reopen. A collaborative community asset mapping project is set to kick off later this month. And paving projects across the Island and Peninsula are nearly complete! 

Local band 3 Mile Line raises thousands at a rock ‘n roll concert to benefit the ball field. A draft audited financial statement shows the Island Nursing Home ended its fiscal year on June 30, 2021, with nearly $5 million in total assets. And a Stonington resident comes to the rescue of a young osprey that fell out of its nest on the Deer Isle-Sedgwick Bridge.

The Island Nursing Home board president announces her resignation, and the town hires an attorney to try to prevent the sale of the nursing home’s bed rights. A community group also seeks to prevent the sale of INH bed rights and begins a campaign to unite public efforts and circulate a petition. And, at its August meeting, the CSD 13 school board discusses issues of safety, staffing and on-campus Narcan use, among other topics.  

The Island Nursing Home gets a license extension and meets with the Peninsula League of Towns and the public. A public comment by an INH board member creates confusion about whether the planning board denied a housing permit to the Island Nursing Home. And Stonington trucks in potable water and encourages water conservation. 

The Island Fishermen’s Wives Association inducts three to the IFWA Hall of Fame. A partnership between Project Launch and CSD 13 receives a grant from the Maine Department of Education in support of career exploration and postsecondary readiness. The CSD 13 school board accepts the resignation of Deer Isle-Stonington High School’s principal. And area folks seek ways to beat the heat!

Lobster boats vied for the finish at Stonington’s annual race event. The Island Nursing Home will not reopen as a skilled nursing facility. And the lobster industry faces another legal setback after a federal judge ruled that new rules are needed to prevent North Atlantic right whale entanglement in fishing gear. 

The Island celebrates the Fourth with festivities—and flamingos! A schooner out of Camden runs hard aground on a ledge off Stonington. And Haystack Mountain School of Crafts hires a search firm to conduct a national search for its new executive director. 

The tax rate goes up in Deer Isle and down in Stonington, as tax bills will soon be on their way to property owners. Democrat Holly Eaton and Republican Jason Joyce, candidates for state office, participate in a candidates’ breakfast with the community. And the Island is gearing up to celebrate Independence Day with everything from a road race and a parade to fireworks and food!

Sticks of dynamite are discovered—and destroyed—in Oceanville. A public discussion about possible uses for the Island Nursing Home remains unscheduled. And the Island Community Center plans a 20th anniversary celebration!

Deer Isle-Stonington High School graduates 20 students at its June 12 commencement ceremony. Deer Run residents seek an in-person, island-wide meeting with the Island Nursing Home board. And the University of Maine is leading a research project to map Maine’s fishing efforts in an effort to minimize conflict from potential future offshore wind development. 

Students from Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School learn about ghost traps, mud and ocean creatures as part of their Harbor Days outdoor education lessons. The CSD 13 school board meeting is well attended and includes a proposed athletic plan for the upcoming school year. And longtime UPS driver Jimmy Cook celebrates his retirement!

The community marks Memorial Day with a remembrance service at the Veterans Memorial. Community School District 13 holds a district budget meeting. And the flamingos are coming—to this year’s Deer Isle-Stonington Independence Day celebration, that is!

Island Heritage Trust’s Wings, Waves & Woods Festival returned to the Island after a two-year hiatus, to the delight of birders and outdoor enthusiasts alike. The future of fire service on the Island will require expenditures for new equipment and more manpower—at a hefty cost. And Deer Isle-Stonington High School’s drinking water fails the PFAS, or “forever chemicals,” test. 

Deer Isle-Stonington High School announces 2022 honor parts. Town leaders and former board members raise still unanswered questions following the release of Island Nursing Home’s consultant’s report. And Stonington’s Main Street is set to see a bevy of paving, sanitary district and water company projects this summer.

The Island Nursing Home board of directors receives a report from Covenant Health that concludes reopening is unlikely. The Peninsula and islands are seeing a COVID-19 surge. And Stonington is named the most lucrative fishing port in Maine—again!

Consolidated School District 13 shares its proposed budget with the Deer Isle select board. Substance abuse disorder activist and advocate Wendy Allen shares her story at the Stonington Opera House. And Deer Isle-Stonington Elementary School Principal Tara McKechnie will leave her post at the end of the school year. 

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