Community & Events

An appreciation night for four young Maine National Guardsmen from Perry and one from Robbinston will be held on Friday, December 30, at the Perry Elementary School at 6 p.m. Pfc. Michael Barnard, Pfc. Theodore "Teddy" Cummings, Pfc. Adam Hall and Spc. Ben Maloney of Perry and Pvt.

A coyote hunt will again be held in Washington County. Sponsored by the Washington County Conservation Association Inc. (WCCA). The purpose of the hunt is to raise funds for the WCCA Habitat Improvement Program and to save deer and small game from winter predation by coyotes.

Harvest House Ministries initially came to Grand Manan last year in response to the deaths of three Grand Manan residents C Nadene Cook, Anthony Dow and David Lambert on October 10, 2004 C the latest in a series of vehicle related deaths of the island's youths.

Several hundred Washington County veterans, their friends and family sat in bright sunshine September 6 to view the dedication of the long-awaited veterans' home in Machias adjacent to Down East Community Hospital.

Two residents of Downeast Maine have recently returned from Thailand, where they were volunteering with efforts aimed at repairing the damage wrought by the tsunami that struck last Christmas.

It isn't easy to replace John Pike Grady, especially during Old Home Week in Eastport. But what better venue and date for the refurbished fisherman statue to have returned to town than at the end of the Grand Independence Day Parade?