STEUBEN — In Steuben, winning the lottery won’t make you rich, but it could secure you a building lot. The town has subdivided an approximately 97-acre tract at the corner of Dyer Bay and Pinkham Bay Bridge roads into 14 lots, 12 of which will be sold through a lottery process. The idea is to …
HARRINGTON — High school students enrolled in a recently implemented college prep program have a good chance of earning a full ride to college. The Maine Seacoast Mission recently announced the establishment of the Davis Maine Scholarship, a full, four-year scholarship for rural, first-generation college students from Washington and eastern Hancock counties. The scholarship is …
JONESBORO — Another area landmark is taking the name “Acadia.” The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced last week that the new cemetery now under construction in Jonesboro will be called Acadia National Cemetery. The name was selected because federal law requires Veterans Administration properties, including cemeteries, to be named for the geographical area in …
DEBLOIS — Author Richard Rowland believes animals can teach people healing lessons. So does Debbie McLain of Deblois, founder and president of the Downeast Equine and Large Animal Society, a 43-acre farm offering sanctuary to more than 100 animals, most of which have been abused. At an open house Sept. 22, McLain will introduce Safe …
MACHIAS — When Lisa Hanscom inquired about switching carriers, the internet service provider she had called told her serving customers in Roque Bluffs doesn’t make good business sense. Then, the provider hung up on her. The Roque Bluffs resident co-owns Welch Farm with her husband, Wayne, and runs two Airbnb rental properties. More than once, …
LUBEC — Adam Atherton of Waltham will join the Maine Marine Patrol’s Lubec patrol in the spring after completing the 18-week Maine Criminal Justice Academy’s (MCJA) Basic Law Enforcement Training Program. A graduate of Ellsworth High School, Atherton has served as a sternman on commercial fishing vessels, an automotive technician, a marine technician, boat builder …
ROQUE BLUFFS — Bjorn Ludwig had never seen a blueberry rake until last week. The Columbus, Ohio, native has family in the Midwest and is familiar with farm practices there. But, he said, his experience harvesting blueberries at Welch Farm in Roque Bluffs was quite a bit different. In the Midwest, he said, crops grow …
CHERRYFIELD — Each year, the Cherryfield Public Library has to come up with more than $25,000 on its own. The town of Cherryfield provides $12,000 annually in funding, but that represents only about a third of the library’s annual budget, said Kathy Upton, one of five members of the library board. “We get the money …
JONESBORO — Maine’s second national cemetery is currently under construction in Washington County. The cemetery, which has yet to be named, will be located on a 6.22-acre tract donated in September 2017 by Worcester Holdings Inc., said Les’ Melnyk, chief of public affairs and outreach for the National Cemetery Administration, which is part of the …
MACHIAS — Just as wild blueberries hit their peak for the season, area residents will venture to Machias to celebrate the fruit that is synonymous with Maine. Now in its 44th year, the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival began as the brainchild of then 19-year-old Dwight Whitney Jr., who wanted to celebrate the annual harvest. Now …
MILBRIDGE — Caesar the Camel is back! Or, he will be on July 27. Caesar is a bit of a celebrity at the petting zoo that will once again be a part of Milbridge Days. That’s good news for a lot of people who enjoyed meeting him when he visited for the first time last …
MACHIAS — Big science is coming to Downeast Maine next week. On Monday and Tuesday, June 17 and 18, the Eastern Maine Coastal Current Collaborative (EM3C) will host a State of the Science Conference at the University of Maine at Machias. The conference will discuss ecosystem-based fisheries management in eastern Maine and will bring together …
