Ralph Pinkham News Today

A public meeting about the issue was planned for Tuesday, Sept. 20, at the Deer Isle town office. Area residents were invited to give comments about the causeway, as are those holding office.

What happens to those on and off the island should a storm take out a chunk of the causeway? Who fixes it? Who stands guard so that someone doesn’t drive his or her vehicle into the bay? What happens to Deer Isle-Stonington residents who may be traveling daily off-island for dialysis treatments? Those were a few of the questions asked and discussed during a tabletop planning exercise hosted at the Deer Isle town office.

“At any level of government, the EMA director’s duties are to oversee planning, training and preparing for emergency response during non-disaster times, and to act as the coordinator of emergency operations during disasters,” he said.