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May 22, 2024 | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Piper Curtin
Holly Masterson and David Horner have fished together in Southwest Harbor for more than two decades. Last year, they traded lobster traps for sand traps at their 18-hole, waterfront-themed mini golf course located at 55 Main St. Their venture, Golf of Maine, opened for its first season last June. Masterson and Horner purchased the property in 2020 and planned to use it as a vendors market. “But it wasn’t really enough to support the property,” explained Masterson.
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Sep 25, 2023 | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Piper Curtin
MOUNT DESERT — On a farm on Oak Hill Road lives an artist named Bonnie Chase. There she grows vegetables to store until winter, medicinal herbs to be made into tinctures and flowers to be made into dye. Retired from a life of science-based environmental education and eco tour guiding, Chase spends her days creating art inspired by the life that grows around her. Bonnie says her creativity comes from her connection with the natural world. kAm“$@[ E9:D :D H92E :?DA:C6D >6[” D96 D2:5] “%96 A2EE6C?D :?
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Sep 21, 2023 | 
mdislander.com | Piper Curtin
MOUNT DESERT — On a farm on Oak Hill Road lives an artist named Bonnie Chase. There she grows vegetables to store until winter, medicinal herbs to be made into tinctures and flowers to be made into dye. Retired from a life of science-based environmental education and eco tour guiding, Chase spends her days creating art inspired by the life that grows around her. Bonnie says her creativity comes from her connection with the natural world. "So, this is what inspires me," she said.
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Sep 18, 2023 | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Piper Curtin
“I saw there was the road and I saw there was the sea and I saw there was a campus in between,” said Andy Goldsworthy, a world-renowned English artist who creates large scale site-specific artworks, of his work at College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor. The artwork, called “Road Line,” is of tremendous size and consists of curbstones from quarries in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine laid out in one seamless, winding line from Route 3 across campus and down to Frenchman Bay.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
mdislander.com | Piper Curtin
MOUNT DESERT — Somesville Union Meeting House, built in 1852 and established as a congregational church in 1876, has welcomed its new pastor. Reverend Vicki Reeser was officially installed as the church's pastor during the 10:30 a.m. service on Sunday, Aug. 20. Rev.
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Aug 30, 2023 | 
mdislander.com | Piper Curtin
TREMONT — A town wharf in Downeast Maine is a necessity. The wharf is where fisherman load and unload their traps, where contractors take machinery on and off their barges, where boats fuel up and tourists come in. Without a wharf, a town loses an important part of the economy. With rising tides due to climate change, wharfs are facing more and more risk.
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Aug 24, 2023 | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Piper Curtin
Bar Harbor native Isaac Steiner is passionate about cooking flavorful, artful ramen from scratch and he has always dreamed of owning his own restaurant. So when he returned to his hometown this spring after studying culinary arts in New York, he jumped at the chance to bring great-tasting ramen to Mount Desert Island. Ramen is a Japanese-style noodle dish that can be created with a variety of ingredients, aromatic oils and hearty broths. kAm$E6:?6C DE2CE65 H:E9 2 C2>6? A@A\FA :? |2J :? E96 ~A6?
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Aug 22, 2023 | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Piper Curtin
“I saw there was the road and I saw there was the sea and I saw there was a campus in between,” said Andy Goldsworthy, a world-renowned English artist who creates large scale site-specific artworks, of his work in progress at College of the Atlantic (COA) in Bar Harbor. The artwork, called “Road Line,” is of tremendous size and consists of curbstones from quarries in Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Maine laid out in one seamless, winding line from Route 3 across campus and down to Frenchman Bay.
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Aug 21, 2023 | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Piper Curtin
LAMOINE — Paul M.T. Savoy’s pickup truck is hard to miss. The back of the truck’s cab is adorned with metal artwork. There, a vintage dive helmet labeled “Capt. M.T. Savoy The Mad Tinkerer” stands out on a latticework of swirling metal and turquoise tentacles snake up from the truck’s bed. kAm$2G@J H2D 3@C? 2?5 C2:D65 :? {2>@:?6[ H96C6 96 =:G6D DE:==] yFDE 3J =@@<:?8 2E 9:D ECF4<[ @?6 42? E6== E92E 96 92D 2 A2DD:@? 7@C E96 @462?] pD 2 D4F32 5:G6C[ $2G@J 92D 2 F?:BF6 A6CDA64E:G6 @?
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Aug 20, 2023 | 
ellsworthamerican.com | Piper Curtin
LAMOINE — Paul M.T. Savoy’s pickup truck is hard to miss. The back of the truck’s cab is adorned with metal artwork. There, a vintage dive helmet labeled “Capt. M.T. Savoy The Mad Tinkerer” stands out on a latticework of swirling metal and turquoise tentacles snake up from the truck’s bed. kAm$2G@J H2D 3@C? 2?5 C2:D65 :? {2>@:?6[ H96C6 96 =:G6D DE:==] yFDE 3J =@@<:?8 2E 9:D ECF4<[ @?6 42? E6== E92E 96 92D 2 A2DD:@? 7@C E96 @462?] pD 2 D4F32 5:G6C[ $2G@J 92D 2 F?:BF6 A6CDA64E:G6 @?
