Looking to the pier, which will eventually be demolished and possibly replaced with a system of finger floats as the project progresses.

Party-goers are already enjoying the shorefront.

Deer Isle selectmen Lew Ellis and Twyla Weed cut the ribbon on Sunday, September 9, at the Bridge End property on Little Deer Isle. The ribbon-cutting was part of a party to celebrate the purchase and donation of the land, which now belongs to the town of Deer Isle.