The Quoddy Tides Staff

PARADING PAST the mermaid statue on the Eastport seawall is the Eastport Senior Center’s cardio drumming class during the Witches of Eastport festival. See this issue for more on the festival. (Clark Duff photo)

MACHIAS SELECT BOARD MEMBER Ben Edwards and area residents listen as Ian Gorecki of the Maine DOT speaks at the Pellon Center in Machias during a public hearing on the Upper Machias Bay Master Plan held the evening of November 3. (Nathan Brimmer photo)

HALLOWEEN THRILL-SEEKERS enjoyed a spectacular Haunted Trail sponsored by the Perry Elementary School PTC on Saturday evening, October 18. ... (Kathleen Hill photo)

THOMAS BOUCHARD (right) speaks with U.S. Senator Bill Cohen at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., in October 1983. Bouchard was part of a vigil honoring the 18 Maine men, including John Huntley of Eastport, who were still listed as missing in action in Southeast Asia.

IN A RED SEA OF CRANBERRIES are Donovan Palmer Jr., Branden Williams and David Davis at Mingo’s cranberry bogs in Red Beach. The harvest will be continuing for another week, and visitors are welcome to stop by and watch the operations. (Edward French photo)

VIRGIN VOYAGES’ Brilliant Lady cruise ship departs Friar’s Road anchorage emblazoned with “I [heart] Maine,” as seen from Eastport’s breakwater on September 27. The Brilliant Lady visited Boston before spending the day in Eastport... (Nathan Brimmer photo)