Community & Events

Larry Balchen, a Jonesboro resident and president emeritus of the Pleasant River Fish and Game Conservation Association, believes Downeast could lose its luster should its natural landscape continue to be developed.

The annual Eastport Pirate Festival is celebrating 18 years with sails full of activities for scallywags of all ages from Thursday, September 7, through Sunday, September 10.

The public television series Native America continues this fall with an episode that features the Passamaquoddy Tribe's efforts to restore tribal songs and language and also to reclaim some of its lands.

The wild blueberry season is under way with roadside stands, signs and farmers' markets proudly displaying pints and quarts of plump blueberries. Behind the scenes the blueberry farmers are hard at work over the short harvesting period of about three to four weeks.

Eastport Health Care Machias, also known as Machias Community Health Center, opened on July 24 and is now delivering primary care, including pediatrics, along with behavioral health services, as Eastport Health Care (EHC) continues to grow with more staff, patients and services.

Grand Manan teacher Andrew Jones had been itching to get out fishing with his boat and was frustrated by the long spell of wet foggy weather. When a fine day dawned on Thursday, July 20, he told his wife, "This is gonna be my big day.