BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island native and award-winning author Diane Magras returned to her alma mater, Conners Emerson School last week, to host “story bite” sessions with students and
Mount Desert Island is a magical place. So it’s no wonder that its dramatic scenery, colorful history and perhaps even its salt and pine-scented air have inspired an impressive number of fantasy writers.
Magras wrote her first book as a seventh-grader at the Conners-Emerson School, with encouragement from her teacher, Lisa Plourde, and graduated MDI High School in 1992.
Lisa Plourde
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Designer earns certification for kitchen and bath design
Contributed • February 10, 2021 Lisa Plourde, designer at S.W. Collins Co., has earned the Certified Kitchen and Bathroom Designer (CKBD) credential with the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), the leading trade association for the kitchen and bath industry.
CARIBOU, Maine Lisa Plourde, designer at S.W. Collins Co., has earned the Certified Kitchen and Bathroom Designer (CKBD) credential with the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), the leading trade association for the kitchen and bath industry.
She joins an elite group of professionals that specialize in the design, planning and execution of residential kitchens and bathrooms.