The Quoddy Tides Staff

CHARGING UP Boynton Street to the nursing home to entertain the residents at the start of the Eastport Pirate Festival is this group of swashbuckling pirates. See this issue for more coverage of the festival. (Don Dunbar photo)

THE PIG SCRAMBLE during the Washington County Fair provided some excitement when the pig escaped from the fenced enclosure. Spectators captured the pig in the field before he got too far away. (Genevieve Lemire photo)

AT THE MACHIAS WILD BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL on August 16 during the blueberry pie eating contest, Kayli Favuzzi (far left), 7, of East Machias appears to anticipate her as-yet unannounced victory... (Nathan Brimmer photo)

LITTLE MERMAIDS march in the parade with cardboard fish they made during the Eastport Mermaid Festival on August 2. See this issue for more coverage of the festival. (Don Dunbar photo)

ONE OF THE 25-FOOT MECHANICAL SHARKS used in the film Jaws is shown on a sea sled that was towed by Skip Harris of Eastport during the filming of the iconic movie. (Photo courtesy of Skip Harris)

NEIGHBORS are wondering who won the territorial dispute between the eagle and the crow on a tree near Clark Street in Eastport on July 12. (Clark Duff photo)