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PublishedJune 23, 2024
On Peaks Island’s back shore, residents and tourists are divided over rock sculptures
Some visitors and residents of Peaks enjoy making cairns, sculptures made out of stacked rocks. But others think these sculptures taint the view and hurt the environment.
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PublishedMay 22, 2024
Complaint may halt changes to Casco Bay ferry ticket prices
Part-time Peaks Island resident Andrew Doukas submitted a petition asking the PUC to intervene, saying that the new rate schedule unfairly increases fares for tourists while decreasing prices for residents and people who work on the islands.
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PublishedApril 25, 2024
Casco Bay Lines OKs first rate hike in 15 years, and it’s a big one – for tourists
Pending PUC approval, the ferry service will increase single, round-trip ticket prices 82% on June 1, while lowering prices for longer-term passes, benefiting residents and people who work on the islands.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2024
In photos: Peaks Islanders fly kites for Good Friday
For the third year in a row, Peaks Island residents gathered on the Backshore to fly kites on Good Friday – a Bermuda tradition that one Bermudian expatriate is trying to import to this small Casco Bay community.
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PublishedMarch 17, 2024
A Peaks Island teen started a weekly potluck – and found a community hungry for it
Pi Crosby started Cook Club so he and other islanders could share their love of cooking. The themed Tuesday night dinners are still going strong almost 2 years later.
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PublishedFebruary 15, 2024
Missing Iowa child found safe on Peaks Island
Police say the mother took her 6-year-old out of state in violation of a court order.
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PublishedFebruary 11, 2024
Tensions on Peaks Island: A road that never existed leads to fear about public access
A strip of land off Ryefield Street – a so-called paper street – has been the site of weddings, afternoon picnics and play dates for decades. But one island family has filed an ownership claim that others worry could cut the public off.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2024
Exhibit invites viewers to start new year by slowing down
Artists from Maine and around the country will be featured in "Ringing in the New Year," an exhibition at the Richard Boyd Art Gallery curated to make viewers stop and think about the beauty of the natural world or about the state of society.
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PublishedOctober 4, 2023
People and Business: Oct. 4
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PublishedJuly 26, 2023
Ferry ride, lobster bake: Peaks Island Road Race marks 35th year
The 5-miler takes runners around the perimeter of the island and provides a festive atmosphere at race's end.
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