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GETTING READY FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Decorating a wreath at her shop in Perry is Kathy Bishop. Boyden Lake Creative Products also sells kissing balls, swags, garlands, candy canes and cemetery baskets. Its Christmas trees are sold both at the location on the Lake Road and at three area stores. (Edward

WELCOMING THE GREAT PUMPKIN was this large gathering of Jack-o'-lanterns along Eastport's Water Street. David and Leslie Arens arranged the display, which attracted much attention, next to their house. (Edward French photo)

REPUBLICANS ON THE MOVE. State Senator Kevin Raye of Perry, who has been nominated as the new Senate president, Paul LePage, the new governor-elect of Maine, and Eastport Port Director Chris Gardner, chair of the Washington County Republican Committee, toured the port's Estes Head terminal on October 3.

SAILING through the Old Sow whirlpool is The Bounty with the Jolly Breeze from St. Andrews following. The replica of the original Bounty spent a four-day visit in St. Andrews on October 8 through 11. (Don Dunbar photo)

A GOOD DAY FOR A SWIM. Sam Tickle jumps from a helicopter into the waters of the Grand Manan Channel on October 14 as part of a documentary being filmed about an athlete accomplishing 30 sports in 30 days. Tickle, of San Diego, Calif., then paddled nine miles in a

TRYING OUT SURVIVAL SUITS at the Lubec town landing on Saturday, September 25, were participants in a training course for commercial fishermen on survival skills and safety equipment found on fishing vessels. The course was targeted towards the dragger fleet in the Downeast area that has suffered significant losses during