Ol’ Man Winter had a say about when Thanksgiving break would start: a snow storm arrived last Tuesday morning and closed a lot of schools straight off. MDI High School held on, and finally closed at 11 a.m. The temperature plummeted and wind picked up. The boats ran on Wednesday, but were cancelled in advance …
These two islands are truly a community. A family member on one of the islands had need of a bathtub seat, and someone from the other island sent one over. Thursday night, Nov. 15th, was the successful Lobster Raffle fundraiser for the Islesford Neighborhood House Association. Kaitlyn Duggan posted: “Congratulations to our Lobster Raffle winners, …
Wind, rain and a few power outages have the residents of Cranberry checking their winter weather supplies. I know we don’t like to think that it is time to go through this checklist once again, but trust me, now is the time. A few things to have on hand include: batteries (all sizes), all weather …
There was a hefty storm Saturday afternoon and into the night. Somehow, there are still some leaves on some of the trees, and the temperature managed to hold pretty well despite the strong wind. The power flicked off a couple of times Saturday night, but didn’t disappear as it had in the last big storm. …
The Cranberry Isles pulled together to support islanders again this week. Cory Alley’s boat Under Pressure sank at its mooring the night of Oct. 24. A GoFundMe account was begun the morning of the 25th and people from each island, whether here briefly or year-round, have given generously, as have non-island related family and friends. …
Cranberry Isles has lost another member of our community in the passing of longtime summer resident, Emily Nelligan. Emily passed on Friday of last week in Connecticut. She was born in 1924 in New York City and attended Cooper Union School of Art. Emily summered for more than 50 years on Great Cranberry. Her husband …
There will be a meeting of the Cranberry Isles Ladies Aid on Saturday, Oct. 20 at 1 p.m. There will also be a craft afternoon with Mary Wallace on Saturday, Nov. 3 at 1:00 p.m. to assemble items for our Christmas Fair held in December. Hope to see you at the Aid. The Cranberry Island …
Great Cranberry was awash with tears, tributes and celebrations over the Columbus Day/Indigenous People’s Day Weekend. Family and friends gathered at the Bunker Cemetery on the afternoon of Saturday, Oct. 6 to say their final farewell to Leona MaCallister. Leona, who passed away at the age of 96 on Sept. 6, was daughter of Elisha …
Welcome, Cora Mae Austin-Fernald! She joined Stephanie, Robin, and her brother, Henry, on Monday, Sept. 24th, before noon. Library time with Ashley Bryan was on Tuesday. Ashley told about apple picking time; Karen Smallwood had made small pie crusts and Ashley, Lindsay Eysnogle, Marina Pickering, and Zinnia Gray made and enjoyed apple pies. A good …
It will soon be time for more schedule changes for the folks on Cranberry as the Beal & Bunker Ferry will be returning to their winter schedule on the third Monday of October through April of 2019. The Cranberry General Store is now closed on Sundays with Monday through Friday hours 8 a.m.-4 p.m. and …
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