Community & Events

His mother's name helped save the life of a Syrian refugee who is now living with his wife and seven of their children in St. Stephen, as they try to rebuild their lives in the shelter of a new country.

Every February 14 people have a reminder of how important it is to have someone to love or somebody to love you. Some married couples in the Quoddy area have celebrated a great many Valentine Days together and feel very fortunate to have found the right person with whom to share their lives.

About 25 volunteers braved chilly weather on Martin Luther King Jr. Day to help prepare to inaugurate the new Lubec Community Food Pantry. The first distribution was scheduled for Wednesday, January 20, at the Lubec Community Outreach Center (LCOC) facility located in the former high school wing.

Food pantries in Washington and Charlotte counties are holding their own as the colder months of winter begin, and all are dependent upon the generosity of volunteers as well as financial patrons.

Neighbors and strangers have turned out in force to help a family whose uninsured home and barn on Old County Road in Pembroke was destroyed by fire on Sunday, January 3.

What started out with four men meeting for an addiction recovery support group has grown quickly to a recent attendance of 64 men, women and family members affected by addiction in one way or another.