LET IT SNOW!
LET IT SNOW! Clearing out a neighbor’s drive on Key Street in Eastport
following the New Year’s Day snowstorm is Alden Chandler, as sea smoke
rises on the bay in the background. (Edward French photo)
January 09, 2026
Front Page Stories
Food pantries face struggles with federal cutbacks
Area food pantries are being challenged by funding cuts and inflation as the need continues to increase after the holidays. As seasonal tourism and construction jobs fall off, heating costs kick in and the holiday donations bubble fades away.
Cold winter, funding problems challenge heating aid programs
The federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in northern Maine is facing a perfect storm of challenges this year, including the unexpected combining of two social services agencies, an increasing demand, a government shutdown, changes in program rules...
Childcare providers fear funding freeze impact
A childcare crisis that's been bubbling for years in Washington County with too few providers may boil over as the federal government has frozen subsidies used to help families pay for childcare.
Fire displaces 22, two businesses and community organizations
A fire in St. George put 22 people plus two community organizations and two businesses out of their homes on Sunday, January 4. The emergency call to Granite Court on Main Street came in shortly before 8 a.m., according to Eastern Charlotte Fire Rescue Chief Justin Johnston.
Machias woman marks unique milestone
When you think of milestones, you think of 50 years being married or your 50th year graduation reunion. Or maybe your 50th birthday bash. But for Sherry Preston it is having worked for the Hannaford store in Machias for 50 years.
A CROWD
A CROWD watches as the sardine drops at midnight to celebrate the new
year, during the Tides Institute & Museum of Art's Great Sardine and
Maple Leaf New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Eastport. (Don Dunbar
photo)