by Praise Moore

When entering the Glidden’s Cutler home, I was informed by one of the children that her mommy is a “yarn worker”.

Lacie Glidden, the mother of three, has been a distributor of Briggs and Little Woolen Mills since 2017, but she has been traveling across the border to Briggs and Little since she was a baby, going with her parents who raise sheep at Wild Wind Farm in Bucks Harbor. “They would trade wool for yarn because obviously, you get a lot more wool than you can spin,” Glidden said.

by Nancy Beal

Floats for the town landing generated the most discussion at the Beals town meeting March 29, as well as the highest single appropriation. After nearly an hour’s back-and-forth over types of floats, the 16 citizens that attended the two-and-a-half-hour session voted to raise $105,000 for seven steel floats and tacked on $4,000 for their delivery. Jenny Fagonde, who served as clerk and made the motion for the floats, expressed the hope that a matching grant could be obtained that would pay for seven more floats.

Bostonian Robert W. Hall felt fortunate to grow up along the New England coast. He and his family enjoyed so many summers on nearby Cape Cod that it’s no wonder that he went on to join the U.S. Coast Guard.

His parents, William and Ruth Hall, had family on the Cape, and Robert spent a great deal of his time fishing for stripers and hunting with his cousin. He attended schools in Milton and graduated from Milton High School in 1955.

Eastport Arts Center’s KinderArts program, which launched a video series in October, continues with a customizable rain stick project for April. KinderArts video instructor Nia Aretakis will demonstrate a technique for creating a child-sized rainstick out of simple household materials, and encourages participants to experiment with different ‘fillings’ for their sticks to create different sounds. Free materials kits are available from EAC, or participants can easily assemble needed supplies at home.

by Joseph Horn

by Ruth Leubecker

Years of fundraising and creative community events resulted in Monday’s milestone groundbreaking of the upcoming Milbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center.

by Nancy Beal

Career technical education (CTE) has existed in coastal Washington County for years. Many law enforcement personnel in the Sunrise County and beyond began their training in the criminal justice program at Narraguagus High School. In the late 1990s, the building trades teacher at Machias Memorial High School took his class to Florida to help clean up and rebuild after a hurricane. Next week, the culinary arts students at MMHS will offer home-cooked (bagged) lunches to benefit a summer camp for teens (see details below).

by Jonathan Reisman

• The ice went out on Cathance Lake on April 1st, two to three weeks before “normal”. Clearly, a sign of the climate change apocalypse that Governor Mills and her fellow climate alarmists have been mewling about and demanding we stop using fossil fuels (only the basis of our civilization). The carbon warming apocalypse has so far meant earlier planting times, a longer growing season, record crop outputs (carbon dioxide is also known as plant food) and steady employment for climate alarmists. It must be stopped.

by Praise Moore

Stephen Sanfilippoand his wife have been singing sea chanties since their early twenties. Now, Sanfilippo will be 73 in September. As he pulled out his banjo, guitar, and a whole bag filled with books and papers on sea chanties, anyone could see how passionate he was on the subject.

by Hazel Stark

by Praise Moore

This newspaper covered Machias business Binkies Bunny Treats and its teen entrepreneur, Grace Moore, in February [Local Machias girl runs thriving global bunny business, MVNO, Feb. 10, 2021]. Since the story broke, Moore’s business has leaped in part because Moore was then offered an interview by the News Station ABC-7. “There was a particular uptick in sales located in Maine and Bangor where all the news coverage reached,” says Moore. “Sales now average above 20 orders a week.“

by Ruth Leubecker

Seeping into the cracks of real life and tough living, the tentacles of elder abuse are many and varied.

Bank tellers are on the lookout for the signs of financial exploitation. Medical providers are always on alert for the signs of physical abuse. Neglect is often more difficult to determine without gaining entry to the home of the elderly person in question. But for those on the front line, the battle has gained momentum during the year of COVID.

by Jonathan Reisman

Next in EAC's popular series of online workshops is Beginning Basketry with Sara Myrick, 1-3 pm, Sunday, May 2. Geared for ages 12 and up, the workshop will be a fun and interactive tutorial in making a box-shaped basket using a form and twine. Sara will also show adaptations to the project, including using different weaving materials like fabric scraps, recycled paper, etc.

“I love this project,” enthuses Myrick, who frequently favors accessible, upcycled materials in her projects, “because of the versatility and practicality built into it."

by Hazel Stark

by Jayna Smith

Warmer weather usually means more time spent outside.  With that should come the habit of checking for ticks, small bloodsucking parasites, many of which transmit diseases to people and to pets.

Griffin Dill, pest management specialist for UMaine’s Cooperative Extension, explained that ticks generally spend the winter months in a state of dormancy among the leaf litter under the snow.  If temperatures are above 40 degrees for an extended period, ticks can become active, even during the winter.

by Nancy Beal

After weeks of advertising recently for a director of the Jonesport campground and getting no response, selectmen spent less than five minutes April 23 approving the offer from a retired couple in the Houlton (Aroostook County) area to manage the popular summer spot on the Henry Point peninsula across Sawyer’s Cove from the marina.

by Jonathan Reisman

“I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic…”- Oath of Office/Allegiance

Cooper Robicheau has, for many years, raised money to help others in his community. This month he put his efforts into raising money for Lion of Judah football, which runs faith-based football programs in and around Machias throughout the warmer months. “My brother and I have been a part of Lion of Judah Football League for six years now,” said Robicheau. “I want to give back to a program that has impacted my life. I would like to raise money to get new helmets for the league."