Beverly Johnson, who runs the island's website, is heading the charge along with her brother-in law, David Hill. They've raised $60,000 dollars from investors to get started.

Neither of them has done this before, but Hill's job is to help small businesses get off the ground. They've also enlisted the service of the internet company, Mainely Wired, to help them get started with bandwidth, equipment and the training they'll need to be self-sufficient.

The first installations are going in next week, and the company hopes at least the east end of the island will have service by the end of next month.

Johnson and Hill also hope the service will help the island attract young families, businesses and people who want to work from home, keeping Chebeague a year-round community.