William and Tracey Weil, founders of popular iPhone app for parents to entertain children: Tales2Go

Couple with local ties produces popular iPhone app

How many times have you wished you had a good response to the age-old family car trip question, “are we there yet?” William and Tracey Weil, the son and daughter-in-law of Stonington summer residents, Denie and Frank Weil, decided to come up with one. More…

Op Ed by Frank Weil

A two track global economy

Terms like single scoop and double dip are normally only heard in ice cream shops. But, at the moment the economic and financial pages of news organizations the world over are using these types of terms to try to predict and explain what is going on “out there”. Indeed what is going on is unusual and defies categorization in conventional ways. More…

Fishermen’s Hall of Fame

2010: Paul Dorr

2010: Edward Blackmore

2010: Harold Robbins

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2010: Paul Dorr, Edward Blackmore, Harold Robbins
2009: George “Penny” Trundy, Lee Eaton, Paul Wood
2008: Merrill LeMoine, Kenneth Sturdee, Ronald Haskell
2007: Cary Holland, John Ames, Edward Smith
2006: Ricky Shepard, Lawson Bridges, Frank Haskell Sr
2005: Allen Thompson, John Reid II, Maynard Gray Jr
2004: Transition year from Fishermen’s Ball to Fishermen’s Day
2003: Elva Ames, Stephen Poitras, Robert “Bud” Hutchinson
2002: Elmer Shepard, Royal Robbins, Ken Morey Sr
2001: Archie Hutchinson Jr, Alston Robbins, Elwell Shepard
2000: Ivan Arey, Sheridan “Shoot” Billings, William S. Hutchinson
1999: Lewis Alley, Frank Griffin, Bill Gove
1998: Reginald Sewall, Elwyn McCauley
1997: No Fisherman’s Ball held this year
1996: Steve Gray Jr, Ashley “Punk” Mitchell, Forrest “Skeet” MacDonald
1995: Harold Greenlaw, Clyde Haskell, James Robbins
1994: George L. Boyce, Steve Robbins Sr, Melvin Bridges

Island Fishermen’s Wives Association

The Island Fishermen’s Wives Association (I.F.W.A.) was founded in the autumn of 1989 in response to the deaths of two Stonington fishermen who drowned within 6 weeks of each other. The founders felt that the area needed a memorial to all fishermen lost at sea and as a reminder for safety precautions to the living. More…

Foggy day at Greenhead Cove

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Summer day at Greenhead Cove

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Stonington scenes in Charleston SC art gallery

Here are Stonington scenes by Shannon Smith currently on view and for sale at Smith Killian Fine Art, Charleston, SC.

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Fast lobster boat in cool downeast Maine

Andy Gove's working lobster boat at rest, perennial winner of Stonington lobster boat races at 55 mph.

Cruising in cool downeast Maine

Tall ships in cool downeast Maine

Nine of these boats sailed along the Deer Isle Thorofare on Monday afternoon, July 5, 2010, headed for Northeast Harbor.

Sandbar in cool downeast Maine

July 4, 2010 weekend

Downeast band

July 4, 2010 weekend

American beauties

July 4, 2010 weekend

Lobster Man

July 4, 2010 weekend

Spruce Harbor picnic

July 4, 2010 weekend

Lobster feast in cool downeast Maine

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July 4, 2010 weekend

Deer Isle, Maine, parade

July 4, 2010 weekend

Stonington Farmers Market

Pat Branning’s Carolina Cooking

Red, White and Blueberry

Blueberries by Lowcountry artist Joe Bowler, courtesy of the Morris-Whiteside Gallery on Hilton Head Island

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Ron Eaton’s new lobster boat

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