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.

The wreath-making season is under way, with customers so far showing signs of holding steady with last year's pace. David Whitney, president of Whitney Wreath, reports that the orders are coming in very well, with production "a little ahead of schedule and a little ahead of last year."

Just before Veterans Day this year, Jonathan Aretakis of Pembroke ran in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, D.C., to honor his father and uncles who were in the Marines during World War II. The story of those men -- six brothers in all who served in combat during the war...

KEAN Energy LLC presented project details of its proposed small-scale wind farm to a crowd of 61 citizens in Lubec on October 6. The public forum was the third presentation by KEAN representatives in Lubec during the past few weeks.

She gave 45 years of faithful service to her employer until her last day on the job, Sunday, September 12. When she retired, she got a fitting sendoff, complete with a cake and a party, coworkers and officials in attendance...

By oft-trod land and roiling sea, bodiced wenches and cutlassed buccaneers stormed into Lubec from Eastport on Sunday, September 5, as a prelude to the Eastport Pirate Festival the following weekend of September 10B12. A small contingent of rumrunner types waving Jolly Rogers may even have got dropped off from