You know summer’s a-comin’ when Dexter Lee publishes the Swan’s Island Odd Fellows Sunday breakfast schedule! Mark your calendars for the 7-9 a.m. all-you-can-eat breakfast buffet that still only costs adults $9, under high school age are $5. Babes-in-arms (not armed babes!) are free. Dates for 2019 are: May 26, June 16, June 30, July …
It won’t be long before business is booming for Ben Treadwell. He has been accepted into the diesel technology program at the Hancock County Technical Center; this is quite an honor for a limited number of students and Ben will commence studies in the fall. Ben, we are very proud of you! Congratulations to Zachary Harvey, Mount …
Let the spoiling begin! Congratulations to parents Leah and Eric, and brother Mason Staples upon the birth of twin boys Axel Raymond Staples and Cooper Wilson Staples. Weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces, Axel arrived at 8:06 p.m. on May 3, followed 48 minutes later by 7-pound, 11-ounce Cooper. Mom Leah pointed out to me that …
Chelsea Riedel relays important information about feeding our beautiful hummingbirds: “It seems there are many who think they are helping hummingbirds by using everything but the recommended ratio of water and pure cane sugar (4 parts water to 1 part sugar) which is the closest substitute of flower nectar. “The birds cannot metabolize the following …
Clayton Spencer, president of Bates College, will talk about college on Friday, April 26, at 6 p.m. in the Swan’s Island library. Mentioned among “Maine’s 50 most influential people” in 2014, Spencer has amassed numerous awards and honors, and her work includes impressive careers in government and at Harvard University before assuming the presidency at …
Josh Greene invites us to a Good Friday celebration at 1 p.m. on Friday, April 19, in the Swan’s Island Baptist Church. He notes, “This is an island-wide event, open to all. We will have ministers coming from all over Maine to speak about the last words on the cross.” Meet author/illustrator Sophie Blackall on …
Gwen May is bragging again about her granddaughter Dori LeMoine: “Saint Joseph’s College freshman Dori LeMoine has recently been selected as the Great Northeast Athletic Conference Women’s Outdoor Track & Field Rookie of the Week. Dori shattered the Monks’ outdoor records in the shot put and hammer throw events in a recent invitational; she already …
Anna Belle Ward invites us to a special event that doesn’t happen very often: “Leah and Eric Staples are expecting twin boys on May 12. We would like to bless this growing family and celebrate with everyone who can come to a baby shower at the Church of God on Friday, April 12, at 6 …
Katelynn Riedel delivers delicious duck eggs: “Attention! The ducks have started to lay like crazy! We are getting from 4-10 eggs a day. As of right now, there are about four dozen available at $5 per dozen; the cost for them may go up soon. Note that I no longer clean the eggs, because leaving …
While riding on the ferry the other day, one of my favorite second-graders asked me to tell everyone how much fun it is to watch the kids play basketball. She then reminded me that this spectator opportunity comes twice this week in the school gymnasium – Thursday, March 21, at 3:15 p.m., and Friday, March …
