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How to get there
Maine State Ferry Service
800-491-4883; 207-596-2202
www.state.me.us/mdot
Suggested departure from Rockland at 9:30 a.m.; returns 12:30 or 3:45 p.m. Adults $12 round trip, children $5.25, car and passenger $35. The Captain Neal Burgess is a small ferry with limited space frequently filled by just a few large trucks. Ferry terminal parking $7 per day.
What to do
Eric Hopkins Gallery
207-867-2229
www.erichopkins.com
One of Maine's leading destination galleries. Open by chance or appointment.
Calderwood Hall & North Island Fiber Shoppe
207-867-2265
Daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m. except Sunday, 10-4.
North Haven Gift Shop
207-867-4444
Monday-Saturday, 9:30-5.
The Farmer's Market
The ball field
Saturdays in July and August,8-11 a.m.
North Haven Arts & Enrichment special events
Waterman's Community Center
207-867-2029
www.watermans.org
''Little Women," July 27-31,7:30 p.m.; Aug. 1 and 8, 1 p.m.; Aug. 3-7, 7 p.m.
The Concord Series
Lecture series featuring Brenda Wineapple on Nathaniel Hawthorne (tonight, 7:30 p.m.), Susan Cheever on Louisa May Alcott (Aug. 8 at 8 p.m.), Robert D. Richardson Jr. on Ralph Waldo Emerson and David Thoreau (Aug. 15 at 7:30 p.m.). Play admission: adults $10, children $7. Lectures: adults $5, children $3.
Where to stay
Our Place Inn & Cottages
207-867-4998
www.ourplaceinn.com
Four basic rooms in the main house, 2 miles from North Haven Village. Rooms $75-$95, cottages $125.
Cottage rentals
Box 363
North Haven, ME 04853
Available with written request.
Where to eat
Coal Wharf Restaurant
207-867-4739
Hidden in the J.O. Brown & Sons Boatyard, overlooking the Fox Island Thoroughfare. Open for lunch and dinner in July and August, specializing in local seafood and on-island organic produce. Lunch $6-$14, dinner $15-$25.
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