Community & Events

On Monday night, January 12, a fire broke out in the mobile home of Barbara Morris of Ingersoll Road on Grand Manan. Morris escaped out into the night in her bare feet on one of the coldest nights of the winter.

Schoolchildren at the Lubec Elementary School were busy this past holiday season participating in the first official 'Think Local First' effort promoted by Washington County: One Community (WC:OC). Five Washington County businesses worked together...

Once again, despite the bad economic climate, the spirit of Christmas is evident in Charlotte County and eastern Washington County as people generously gave to neighbors who were less fortunate.

In a shocking announcement to Downeast radio listeners and television viewers, Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) said that it will discontinue service to radio stations 89.7 WMED in Calais and 106.5 WMEF in Fort Kent and WMED-TV Channel 13 in Calais.

"For me, this is a dictionary that you can read like a book," said Robert Leavitt, who co-authored with David Francis A Passamaquoddy-Maliseet Dictionary that was launched on December 8 at Sipayik.

A traditional spiritual ceremony that may help Native prisoners both during their time of incarceration and when they return to their communities was held for the first time at the Maine State Prison this fall.