Community & Events

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

Caitlyn Lyons and Connor Sherrard shared a mutual 13th birthday on Saturday, December 3, at the Charlotte school. They were both born in Calais on December 4, 1998, and were delivered by the same doctor, who was running back and forth between the two rooms.

Seventy years ago, on December 7, 1941, high school student Bernard Cheney of Lubec was gathered around the radio with other family members listening to news about the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

When people are going hungry, every source of food starts to count. Registered Maine guide Clayton Blake saw an opportunity to help area food pantries when he heard something that clicked. Many animal carcasses involved in auto collisions were not being salvaged for meat.

The wreath-making season is under way, and both large and small operations are busy getting their products to market. Dugald Kell Sr.

Causing a restaurant cook's heart to sing is no small matter, so when Marilu Scott of Eastport's Bank Square Pizza and Deli rhapsodizes about the quality of the 200 pounds of tomatillos and 40 pounds of jalapeños she purchases from farmer Robin Follette of Seasons Eatings Farm in Talmadge,...