BLOOMING IN THE LATE AFTERNOON SUN

LEADING A GROUP of cruise ship passengers on a tour of downtown Eastport is Joan Lowden. The 734-foot Seven Seas Splendor, with 750 passengers, was in port on October 12. (Edward French 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.