by Nancy Beal

The town of Jonesport has $139,000 in federal relief money that is expandable as a contribution to a broadband system that reaches all of its citizens. For weeks, the selectmen’s assistant, Irene Rogers, has been collecting information from broadband companies about what they offer. Last week, Melinda Kinney of Spectrum (under its corporate name Charter Communications) joined the selectmen’s meeting by zoom and began laying out what her company could offer.