By Will Tuell

Proprietress Beth (Prout) Foss sent shockwaves through the Machias Valley this past week as she announced that she is selling the Bluebird Ranch Family Restaurant to Mason’s Brewing of Brewer. 

Even with the restaurant’s pending closure, Foss and her crew showed their continuing commitment to the community late Saturday afternoon by preparing lunches-to-go for crews busy restoring power to homes and businesses that lost power because of Hurricane Lee.