The seasonal outdoor pizza place will re-open next summer as usual, the owner promises.
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Actor Joe Manganiello credits Peaks Island with sparking his creativity
The ‘True Blood’ and ‘Magic Mike’ actor spent summers on the Casco Bay island growing up, giving him time and space to write and create characters.
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Artist’s chisel transforms stump outside Peaks Island cafe into an octopus
A strong storm that hit the island nearly 3 years ago blew many trees to the ground. Doug Smith saw one stump that was left behind as an opportunity.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.