2021 FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE SKY FIREWORKS LIGHT UP THE SKY over the fisherman statue in downtown Eastport during the Pirate Festival. See this issue for coverage of the festival. (Don Dunbar photo)
2021 PAYING TRIBUTE PAYING TRIBUTE as taps is played are honor guard members and the crowd attending the 9/11 ceremony held outside Shead High School in Eastport on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. See this issue for an article on the observance. (Edward French photo)
2021 GATHERING TOGETHER GATHERING TOGETHER for a 9/11 memorial vigil in Calais on September 14, 2001, were people from all over the Quoddy area, including Tessa Claridge and Angelica Underhill, who made the thoughtful sign. (Edward French photo)
2021 RETURNING FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL RETURNING FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL on September 1 were students at the Eastport Elementary School. The wearing of masks was optional. Students were in school for only two days before it was closed for 10 days after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19. See this issue for
2021 CHRISTINE MOULTON, CHRISTINE MOULTON, a Washington County nurse practitioner, speaks at a rally in Machias on August 21 opposing the COVID-19 vaccination mandate for healthcare workers. 'Where there is risk, there must be choice,' she stated. See article on the rally in this issue. (Robin Farrin photo)
2021 DANCING INTO THE NIGHT DANCING INTO THE NIGHT at the Wild Blueberry Ball, held at Bad Little Falls Park in Machias on August 21, was a crowd dressed to the nines in traditional and creative costumes, in the spirit of the Blackfly Ball. (Robin Farrin photo)
2021 OFFERING PRAYERS OFFERING PRAYERS with the peace pipe to the four directions is Darrell Newell, vice chief at Indian Township, at Split Rock, Sipayik. In the foreground, the Passamaquoddy Tribe's flag is flanked by the U.S. and POW/MIA flags. (Edward French photo)