Community & Events

What started 30 years ago as an enchantment with Africa has led Lubec resident and former Maine House Representative Katherine Cassidy to plan to spend most of 2017 working in Kenya and Uganda. The love affair began when she visited Africa for a safari in 1987.

This holiday season, despite the poor economy, the spirit of Christmas is evident in Charlotte and Washington counties as people give to neighbors who are less fortunate.

Since 2001 the Mingo family of Red Beach has been donating a large remembrance wreath to a New York City fire station hit hard by the national tragedy of 9/11. Every year the specially made 36" balsam wreath -- decorated with a large red bow...

"Imagine if a serial killer came to Washington County and started bumping people off every six weeks," said Michael Crabtree, chief deputy of the Washington County Sheriff's Department. "Washington County has led the state in per capita overdose deaths for 10 years.

Veterans face a lot when they return home. A new life, new surroundings -- a whole new world it seems at times.

Remembrance Day observances will be held on Friday, November 11, in Canada, including on Grand Manan, where many young men signed up for the draft on both sides of the border at the outbreak of World War I.