THE DENNYSVILLE FESTIVAL CHOIR
THE DENNYSVILLE FESTIVAL CHOIR under the direction of Colin Windhors sang during the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols at the Dennysville-Edmunds Congregational Church on December 22. (Edward French photo)
December 26, 2019
Front Page Stories
Top stories of year focused on fisheries, ferry and healthcare
With the new year bearing a new current of news, The Quoddy Tides looks back on 2019 for the top stories of the day as reported at the time.
Seven displaced in Machiasport
An early evening house fire displaced a family of seven in Machiasport on December 21, and everything they owned was lost, according to fire personnel on the scene. The fire originated in the attic of the 2 1/2-story house, and its cause is believed to have been a short-circuit in the wiring.
Project to prevent shoreline erosion planned at Sipayik
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to build a 1,500-foot-long stone retaining wall this year at Pleasant Point to prevent ongoing shoreline erosion. The emergency shoreline protection project will be behind St. Ann's Church, the elderly meal site building and some tribal housing.
Homesteading life galvanizes family
Smoke from the chimney of a wood-fired pizza trailer twists lazily in the air as Icelandic sheep "bah" greetings from their pasture next to an old timber-framed barn.
Eastport blaze destroys house
The owner of an Eastport home and attached garage that were destroyed by a late-night fire on December 13 believes the blaze was started by a manufacturer's defect in the car that was in the garage.
Clamdiggers seek to remove invasive crabs
The invasive European green crab continues to be a front‐burner issue for the Lubec Shellfish Conservation Committee, which met in a special session on December 13 to discuss an abatement possibility.
RINGING AND SINGING IN THE HOLIDAYS
RINGING AND SINGING IN THE HOLIDAYS with“Jingle Bells” are K4 and K5 students at Eastport Elementary School during the school’s holiday concert on December 19. All of the school’s grades, along with the Shead jazz and pep bands and the school’s bands and chorus, participated in