Quoddy Tides Archives

LOWERING THE COLORS at the end of the day on July 4 are members of the USS Porter crew (above). "Look, ma, no hands!" CMC Musso of the Porter seems to be saying in the codfish relay (below). Using hands but not their feet, competitors in the sack

RAISING THE ROOF? No, members of ASSIST-JC from All Souls Congregational Church in Bangor are constructing one of the walls for the new Labor of Love Food Pantry in Eastport. (Edward French photo)

ESCORTED BY A FLOTILLA of welcoming kayakers as she approaches land in Eastport is adventurer Renata Chlumska of Sweden (far left). Chlumska is aiming to be the first person to circumnavigate the lower 48 states of the U.S., by kayak and bicycle, having begun in Seattle, Wash. She received

BLOWING AWAY dandelion seed, on a spring afternoon with rain and sunshine, is six-year-old Mary Bartlett of Eastport. (Edward French photo)

TAKING PART IN A MOCK ACCIDENT, Captain Teddy Morse of the East Machias Fire Department and Vanessa Reed remove a Washington Academy student from a fatal automobile re-enactment. Wakeup Call, a program aimed toward teen drivers, is a realistic portrayal of a deadly accident. See articles about mock accidents at

AGROUND near Split Rock, Pleasant Point, is Scott MacNichol's vessel, Miss Amy, on April 24. Angus McPhail's boat, Julie Ann, assisted in keeping the vessel upright as it began to float off the ledge with the incoming tide. The Miss Amy had towed a barge from