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LEADING THE DASH is Chloe Alley, clutching her Halloween bucket, while Joey Moores and Kaden Estabrooks take a slower approach to hunting eggs in Lubec's Easter Egg Scramble -- as the ground wears white for Eastertide. (Chessie Johnson photo) Mystery choppers stir up speculation Perry voters narrowly approve $3.6 million Quoddy Bay deal LEADING THE DASH is Chloe Alley, clutching her Halloween bucket, while Joey Moores and Kaden Estabrooks take a slower approach to hunting eggs in Lubec's Easter Egg Scramble -- as the ground wears white for Eastertide. (Chessie Johnson photo) LEADING THE DASH is Chloe Alley, clutching her Halloween bucket, while Joey Moores and Kaden Estabrooks take a slower approach to hunting eggs in Lubec's Easter Egg Scramble -- as the ground wears white for Eastertide. (Chessie Johnson photo)Mystery choppers stir up speculation Perry voters narrowly approve $3.6 million Quoddy Bay deal by Gail Menzel by Eileen Curry by Gail Menzel by Eileen Curry The cry of "incoming choppers" was heard throughout coastal Washington County the weekend of March 24. But it wasn't Radar O'Reilly alerting his MASH unit C it was local citizens pointing to two, or maybe more, helicopters flying at treetop levels, or maybe 40 feet above. Most agreed that at least one of the copters was equipped with a large (one called it "the size of a football field") metallic, octagonal device that several called a "magnetometer" and others described as an "electronic mapping device." The county sheriff's office was bombarded with callers reporting sightings in Lubec, Whiting, Dennysville, Edmunds, Charlotte, Pembroke and elsewhere but had no answers to provide the curious aircraft read the complete story... The cry of "incoming choppers" was heard throughout coastal Washington County the weekend of March 24. But it wasn't Radar O'Reilly alerting his MASH unit C it was local citizens pointing to two, or maybe more, helicopters flying at treetop levels, or maybe 40 feet above. Most agreed that at least one of the copters was equipped with a large (one called it "the size of a football field") metallic, octagonal device that several called a "magnetometer" and others described as an "electronic mapping device." The county sheriff's office was bombarded with callers reporting sightings in Lubec, Whiting, Dennysville, Edmunds, Charlotte, Pembroke and elsewhere but had no answers to provide the curious aircraft read the complete story... Perry residents narrowly approved a financial agreement with Quoddy Bay LNG in a March 26 referendum that had sharply divided the town. By an 18-vote margin, 229-211, voters approved the Financial Framework Agreement, and by a 31-vote margin, 205-236, they turned down a referendum question on forming a special negotiating committee concerning the liquefied natural gas project. They also re-elected, by a 13-vote margin, selectman H. Richard Adams, who has been supportive of the Quoddy Bay LNG proposal. A total of 442 voters cast ballots, out of 630 registered voters, for a turnout of 70%. However, following a ballot inspection by Perry Citizens for Responsible Growth on April 5, the group has requested a recount on the financial package read the complete story ... Perry residents narrowly approved a financial agreement with Quoddy Bay LNG in a March 26 referendum that had sharply divided the town. By an 18-vote margin, 229-211, voters approved the Financial Framework Agreement, and by a 31-vote margin, 205-236, they turned down a referendum question on forming a special negotiating committee concerning the liquefied natural gas project. They also re-elected, by a 13-vote margin, selectman H. Richard Adams, who has been supportive of the Quoddy Bay LNG proposal. A total of 442 voters cast ballots, out of 630 registered voters, for a turnout of 70%. However, following a ballot inspection by Perry Citizens for Responsible Growth on April 5, the group has requested a recount on the financial package read the complete story ... Perry residents narrowly approved a financial agreement with Quoddy Bay LNG in a March 26 referendum that had sharply divided the town. By an 18-vote margin, 229-211, voters approved the Financial Framework Agreement, and by a 31-vote margin, 205-236, they turned down a referendum question on forming a special negotiating committee concerning the liquefied natural gas project. They also re-elected, by a 13-vote margin, selectman H. Richard Adams, who has been supportive of the Quoddy Bay LNG proposal. A total of 442 voters cast ballots, out of 630 registered voters, for a turnout of 70%. However, following a ballot inspection by Perry Citizens for Responsible Growth on April 5, the group has requested a recount on the financial packageread the complete story ... Couple celebrates 80 years of wedded blissby Norma Harrop It may or may not mark a state or even a national record, but Downeasters know for certain that Kathleen and Waldo Tarbell's 80th wedding anniversary on April 9 of this year precipitated its own record as media went ballistic. Interviews by newspapers, wire service and TV told of the Pembroke couple's meeting at a dance in Charlotte and their 1927 wedding in Calais. Both grew up on It may or may not mark a state or even a national record, but Downeasters know for certain that Kathleen and Waldo Tarbell's 80th wedding anniversary on April 9 of this year precipitated its own record as media went ballistic. Interviews by newspapers, wire service and TV told of the Pembroke couple's meeting at a dance in Charlotte and their 1927 wedding in Calais. Both grew up on farms, she in Pembroke, he in Meddybemps. They confirmed at a reception on March 31 in their honor held at Oceanview Nursing Home in Lubec that she's now 99, he's 101, with more birthdays to come this June and July. Their two children, Elliott, who lives in Marshfield and served in the U.S. Navy, and Helen, now Mrs. Brown of Pembroke, attended the reception with other multi-generation family members from babies to grown-ups. read the complete story... farms, she in Pembroke, he in Meddybemps. They confirmed at a reception on March 31 in their honor held at Oceanview Nursing Home in Lubec that she's now 99, he's 101, with more birthdays to come this June and July. Their two children, Elliott, who lives in Marshfield and served in the U.S. Navy, and Helen, now Mrs. Brown of Pembroke, attended the reception with other multi-generation family members from babies to grown-ups.read the complete story...

LEADING THE DASH is Chloe Alley, clutching her Halloween bucket, while Joey Moores and Kaden Estabrooks take a slower approach to hunting eggs in Lubec's Easter Egg Scramble -- as the ground wears white for Eastertide. (Chessie Johnson photo) Mystery choppers stir up speculation Perry voters narrowly approve $3.6 million Quoddy Bay deal LEADING THE DASH is Chloe Alley, clutching her Halloween bucket, while Joey Moores and Kaden Estabrooks take a slower approach to hunting eggs in Lubec's Easter Egg Scramble -- as the ground wears white for Eastertide. (Chessie Johnson photo) LEADING THE DASH is Chloe Alley, clutching her Halloween bucket, while Joey Moores and Kaden Estabrooks take a slower approach to hunting eggs in Lubec's Easter Egg Scramble -- as the ground wears white for Eastertide. (Chessie Johnson photo)Mystery choppers stir up speculation Perry voters narrowly approve $3.6 million Quoddy Bay deal by Gail Menzel by Eileen Curry by Gail Menzel by Eileen Curry The cry of "incoming choppers" was heard throughout coastal Washington County the weekend of March 24. But it wasn't Radar O'Reilly alerting his MASH unit C it was local citizens pointing to two, or maybe more, helicopters flying at treetop levels, or maybe 40 feet above. Most agreed that at least one of the copters was equipped with a large (one called it "the size of a football field") metallic, octagonal device that several called a "magnetometer" and others described as an "electronic mapping device." The county sheriff's office was bombarded with callers reporting sightings in Lubec, Whiting, Dennysville, Edmunds, Charlotte, Pembroke and elsewhere but had no answers to provide the curious aircraft read the complete story... The cry of "incoming choppers" was heard throughout coastal Washington County the weekend of March 24. But it wasn't Radar O'Reilly alerting his MASH unit C it was local citizens pointing to two, or maybe more, helicopters flying at treetop levels, or maybe 40 feet above. Most agreed that at least one of the copters was equipped with a large (one called it "the size of a football field") metallic, octagonal device that several called a "magnetometer" and others described as an "electronic mapping device." The county sheriff's office was bombarded with callers reporting sightings in Lubec, Whiting, Dennysville, Edmunds, Charlotte, Pembroke and elsewhere but had no answers to provide the curious aircraft read the complete story... Perry residents narrowly approved a financial agreement with Quoddy Bay LNG in a March 26 referendum that had sharply divided the town. By an 18-vote margin, 229-211, voters approved the Financial Framework Agreement, and by a 31-vote margin, 205-236, they turned down a referendum question on forming a special negotiating committee concerning the liquefied natural gas project. They also re-elected, by a 13-vote margin, selectman H. Richard Adams, who has been supportive of the Quoddy Bay LNG proposal. A total of 442 voters cast ballots, out of 630 registered voters, for a turnout of 70%. However, following a ballot inspection by Perry Citizens for Responsible Growth on April 5, the group has requested a recount on the financial package read the complete story ... Perry residents narrowly approved a financial agreement with Quoddy Bay LNG in a March 26 referendum that had sharply divided the town. By an 18-vote margin, 229-211, voters approved the Financial Framework Agreement, and by a 31-vote margin, 205-236, they turned down a referendum question on forming a special negotiating committee concerning the liquefied natural gas project. They also re-elected, by a 13-vote margin, selectman H. Richard Adams, who has been supportive of the Quoddy Bay LNG proposal. A total of 442 voters cast ballots, out of 630 registered voters, for a turnout of 70%. However, following a ballot inspection by Perry Citizens for Responsible Growth on April 5, the group has requested a recount on the financial package read the complete story ... Perry residents narrowly approved a financial agreement with Quoddy Bay LNG in a March 26 referendum that had sharply divided the town. By an 18-vote margin, 229-211, voters approved the Financial Framework Agreement, and by a 31-vote margin, 205-236, they turned down a referendum question on forming a special negotiating committee concerning the liquefied natural gas project. They also re-elected, by a 13-vote margin, selectman H. Richard Adams, who has been supportive of the Quoddy Bay LNG proposal. A total of 442 voters cast ballots, out of 630 registered voters, for a turnout of 70%. However, following a ballot inspection by Perry Citizens for Responsible Growth on April 5, the group has requested a recount on the financial packageread the complete story ... Couple celebrates 80 years of wedded blissby Norma Harrop It may or may not mark a state or even a national record, but Downeasters know for certain that Kathleen and Waldo Tarbell's 80th wedding anniversary on April 9 of this year precipitated its own record as media went ballistic. Interviews by newspapers, wire service and TV told of the Pembroke couple's meeting at a dance in Charlotte and their 1927 wedding in Calais. Both grew up on It may or may not mark a state or even a national record, but Downeasters know for certain that Kathleen and Waldo Tarbell's 80th wedding anniversary on April 9 of this year precipitated its own record as media went ballistic. Interviews by newspapers, wire service and TV told of the Pembroke couple's meeting at a dance in Charlotte and their 1927 wedding in Calais. Both grew up on farms, she in Pembroke, he in Meddybemps. They confirmed at a reception on March 31 in their honor held at Oceanview Nursing Home in Lubec that she's now 99, he's 101, with more birthdays to come this June and July. Their two children, Elliott, who lives in Marshfield and served in the U.S. Navy, and Helen, now Mrs. Brown of Pembroke, attended the reception with other multi-generation family members from babies to grown-ups. read the complete story... farms, she in Pembroke, he in Meddybemps. They confirmed at a reception on March 31 in their honor held at Oceanview Nursing Home in Lubec that she's now 99, he's 101, with more birthdays to come this June and July. Their two children, Elliott, who lives in Marshfield and served in the U.S. Navy, and Helen, now Mrs. Brown of Pembroke, attended the reception with other multi-generation family members from babies to grown-ups.read the complete story...

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