Penobscot Bay Press Community Information Services http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/ Local news and information covering Blue Hill, Brooksville, Brooklin, Castine, Deer Isle, Isle au Haut, Penobscot, Sedgwick, Stonington and Surry, Maine. en-us Copyright 2010 Penobscot Bay Press Community Information Services Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST Partners in Education drama workshop offered in Stonington http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/030410_stories/cn_oha_workshop_030410.html http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/030410_stories/cn_oha_workshop_030410.html On Monday, March 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Stonington Opera House, Sean Layne, a senior teaching artist for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, will lead a professional development workshop on using the drama form of tableau--a creative, controlled, low-risk drama technique--as a teaching strategy. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST The Marine Environmental Research Institute celebrates 20 years http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/030410_stories/cn_meri_20th_030410.html http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/030410_stories/cn_meri_20th_030410.html The Marine Environmental Research Institute will mark its 20th anniversary with special events planned throughout the year to celebrate its ongoing mission to protect the ocean environment and human health for future generations. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST Do they dare to "spring"? http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/030410_stories/cn_spring_penob_030410.html http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/030410_stories/cn_spring_penob_030410.html Spring at Penobscot Community School--in February--seems to be springing with daffodils poking up through the not-so-cold, not-so-frozen soil. Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:00:00 EST Sea captain studies "plastic soup" of world's oceans http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/022510_stories/cn_meri_lecture_022510.html http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/022510_stories/cn_meri_lecture_022510.html What do umbrella handles, fast-food utensils and WWII aircraft components all have in common? They're all plastic, and they're all junk that's ended up in the world's ocean--specifically, in one of the five super-sized floating offshore garbage patches or "trash gyres." Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST International lobstermen travel to Maine through MLA Fishermen's Exchange http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/022510_stories/cn_mla_fish_exch_022510.html http://www.penobscotbaypress.com/communitynews/archives/2010/022510_stories/cn_mla_fish_exch_022510.html Seven lobstermen from Tasmania, West Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and the Caribbean will travel to Maine March 4-14, through a Fishermen's Exchange organized by the Maine Lobstermen's Association, to meet with Maine lobstermen. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 17:00:00 EST