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Community & Events

2022

Two festivals cook up crowd-pleasing fun, Swashbuckling pirates to swarm

Few characters in modern culture evoke the romance of the coastal seas more than pirates, and what better place to have the region's largest pirate festival than the former home of smugglers and renegades? The 17th annual Eastport Pirate Festival is returning with a bang, and pirates of all...

2022

Eastport's WaCo is oldest diner in Maine

When Nelson Watts and Ralph Colwell purchased a lunch wagon in 1923, took it off its wheels and declared it the WaCo Diner, they didn't know they were starting what would some day become the oldest diner in Maine.

2022

Outdoor Adventure Center to remain open

Washington County Community College (WCCC) has undergone a sudden restructuring of its Outdoor Adventure Center (OAC) in response to financial challenges and low event enrollments -- but the center will remain open for students and the public to access recreational equipment.

2022

ASSIST JC visits Eastport for 20th year

From the Labor of Love Food Pantry and Nutrition Center to buildings downtown and homes scattered throughout Eastport, not to mention Shackford Head State Park's trails, there has been no part of the island city that hasn't seen the helping touch of the ASSIST JC teams from All Souls...

2022

Climate change data collected, shared for enhanced usefulness

Climate change planning tools are more important than ever, says Tora Johnson, chair of the University of Maine at Machias (UMM) Division of Environmental and Biological Sciences and director and associate professor of the Global Information System (GIS) Lab and Service Center.

2022

Multi town board being eyed to work on tourism Downeast

How to make sure local residents benefit from the coming wave of tourism was the focus of the Community Development Academy's two hour summit, held in Machias the evening of May 16.

2022

Arizona Trail hike proves transformative

On Monday, April 27, Washington County resident Regina Grabrovac finished her 650 mile, seven-week hike of the 800 mile Arizona National Scenic Trail. The experience was transformative.