Machias honored its fallen men and woman on Monday with a parade. Machias band students, local baseball teams, local civil air patrol cadets and members of the American Legion Post 9, marched down Main Street on an overcast Memorial Day morning.                                                Photos by Bill Kitchen

<p>Photo:&nbsp;​Ham Radio Operator Mark Albee (N1MEA) and Hancock EMA Director Andrew Sankey (KB1TGL) prepare to raise a portable antenna tower during last year’s Field Day exercise.&nbsp;Photo by Phil Duggan</p>

<p>In a joint communications exercise the Ellsworth Amateur Wireless Association and the Hancock County Emergency Communications group, in cooperation with the Hancock County Emergency Management Agency, will conduct annual Field Day exercise at Schoodic Education &amp; Research Center, Winter Harbor June 24-25, 2017.&nbsp;</p>