2019 MERLIN MERLIN’S WIZARDS were spunky during the performance of The Sword Called Excalibur at the Pembroke Elementary School on November 1. See this issue for an article on the performance. (Lauren Koss photo)
2019 TROTTING OUT TROTTING OUT their best harvest fashions for the Scarecrow Fest in Calais on October 26 are these congenial horses, ridden by Kelly McIver and Rhonda McIver of Woodland. See this issue for more on the Scarecrow Fest. (Robin Farrin photo)
2019 PICKING UP PICKING UP survivors from a life raft are crew members on the U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport’s 47-foot motor lifeboat, during the joint search and rescue exercise held with the Canadian Coast Guard on October 9 off Deer Island. See this issue for coverage of the exercise. (P.
2019 DEMONSTRATING DEMONSTRATING against the proposed Tomah Water project were over two dozen people from around Maine outside the Indian Township tribal office on Sunday, October 20. See this issue for coverage of the protest. (Robin Farrin photo)
2019 FINISHING THEIR JOURNEY FINISHING THEIR JOURNEY from Portland to Eastport in a 17-foot Swampscott dory on October 8 are Paul Moughamian (left), Jayme Schroeder and Echo, a husky who stayed still during the trip. The two men spent about half of the three-week journey rowing and the other half sailing, using a lug
2019 ON OPENING DAY ON OPENING DAY of the sea urchin season, buyers at the Lubec boat launch check the roe count of the urchins brought in by local fishermen. “I never saw so many urchins out there in my life!” complained an urchin dragger captain, concerning the Department of Marine Resources’ lower daily
2019 MEASURE TWICE, MEASURE TWICE, cut once. Lubec lobsterman James Robbins measures and coils lines by arm’s length to fathoms’ depth for his lobster trap trawl. (Chessie Crowe photo)