2022 THE SARDINE DROP THE SARDINE DROP in front of the Tides Institute drew a large crowd in downtown Eastport on New Year's Eve. (Don Dunbar photo)
2022 SHOVELING OUT SHOVELING OUT in front of Horn Run Brewing in downtown Eastport is Kieran Weston, following the January 7 storm that dumped more than a foot of snow on the island city. (Edward French photo)
2021 GLOW FROM THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS GLOW FROM THE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS installed by Joel Ross across the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge between Lubec and Campobello reflects off the waters of the Lubec Narrows. (J.D. Rule photo)
2021 ON THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR, ON THE LONGEST NIGHT OF THE YEAR, lights shine in the darkness, as a full moon rises over Campobello and a star shimmers on the Christmas tree outside Horn Run Brewing, overlooking the breakwater on the Eastport waterfront. (Edward French photo)
2021 FIRST FIRST-PRIZE WINNER FOR FLOATS in the Grand Manan Christmas parade on November 28 was this holiday carousel entered by Sable Benson. (Arlene Benham photo)
2021 THANKING HOSPITAL ANGELS THANKING HOSPITAL ANGELS. One of 15 floats that participated in this year's Machias Community Christmas Parade on December 3 was created by volunteers from Down East Community Hospital and Calais Community Hospital. The angel-themed float offered a big 'Thank You to Our Hospital Angels!' See this
2021 THE CREW THE CREW of the Ocean Warrior unloads lobster traps at the Eastport fish pier on November 19, as the season winds down in Maine. (Don Dunbar photo)