by Nancy Beal

Union 103 Superintendent Lewis Collins announced last winter that he would retire Aug. 31; and a search committee was formed to find a replacement for the post that oversees all three schools in the Jonesport-Beals region. However, there had been no movement over the summer — Collins told this reporter that there had been no applications — until last week when the joint board that handles matters pertaining to all three schools held a meeting at 5:00 p.m. Aug. 9.