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HOLY SMOKE. As the leaves turn and fall, Eastport Cemetery Superintendent Marc Young burns them in piles in the Hillside Cemetery as rays of sunlight stream down on an autumn late afternoon. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy TidesRates: $30 per year within Washington County $35 per year outside Washington

SEINING A WEIR ON A FOGGY DAY. The Seawall Weir at Dark Harbour, Grand Manan, was being seined in late August, with the herring being sold for lobster bait. Owner Stacy Brown says the weir did well catching fish this summer. (Edward French photo)

USING HIS HEAD. Shead's  Drew Greenlaw heads the ball to score a goal against East Grand in a September  21 game. The Tigers won the contest by a score of 7-4. With the win, the Shead  boys' team upped its record to 2-2. (Don Dunbar photo)

THE PIRATE FESTIVAL was kicked off with the invasion of Lubec on the weekend of August 31, with invaders and defenders firing water balloons and squirt guns. (Brian Flynn photo)

ADDRESSING THE CROWD at the Freedom Walk in Eastport to remember the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, is former Maine Senate President Kevin Raye of Perry, who noted that after 9/11 "America emerged with our spirit of freedom unbowed and unbroken." (Edward French