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U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett tours the waterfront business and community of Islesford (Little
Cranberry Island), Maine, on July 10, 2018. The island includes the towns of Bar Harbor, Northeast Harbor and more. Just outside the Mt Desert harbor, is Bear Island. Ferries and water taxis transport mail, supplies, residents and tourists to the nearby Cranberry Isles (Great Cranberry, Islesford (Little Cranberry), and Sutton. Buoys dot the waters where lobster fisherman haul their catch in the morning and afternoons. The communities on these islands are home to many of the fishermen. On Islesford the Cranberry Isle Fishermen Co-op who rely on stable computer connections pay the fishermen for their catch and sell the products in their stores. Islesford Artisans on the island can now easily maintain their web site for online sales. A recent sell went to a buyer in England. Residents such as Dr. Ralph ‘Skip’ Stevens, can now can grade his university students’ work from home. In the past, especially in winter he would have to make his way through the snow to the island’s library “Neighborhood House” to do his work. For years the library had been then only high speed connection with a wifi router so people could be in or near the building and get connected. On February, 2018, Dr. Stevens could now stay at home and communicate with his students. Cranberry Isle received a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development (RD) Community Connect Grant in the amount of $1,320,370. This is the first Community Connect Grant a Maine community has received in over a decade. Rural Development funds will be used to construct a combination fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP) and fixed wireless system providing service to the unserved islands of Great Cranberry, Islesford (FTTP service) and Sutton (fixed wireless), Maine.
Photo by U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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