By Nancy Beal

Members of the committee that puts on the Moosabec Summerfest celebration on July 4 attended the March 12 Jonesport Selectmen’s meeting to pitch bringing electricity to the town’s ballfield behind the library. 

By Nancy Beal

Beals selectmen have been busy recently preparing the warrant for the upcoming annual town meeting, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday, April 7, at Beals Elementary School gymnasium.

The annual report book was at the printer’s last week, and Daniel Davis, who has taken charge of the project, said on March 11 that he expected to be finished putting it together this week. 

University of Maine Cooperative Extension will offer a webinar for home gardeners titled “Becoming a Resilient Vegetable Gardener” from 6-7:15 p.m. on Wednesday, March 26. 

By Paul Sylvain 

Former Maine Game Warden and Master Guide David Craven of Bucks Harbor is speaking out against a bill to restrict coyote hunting in Maine, after defeating a similar bill during the last legislative session. 

Craven, now a respected shepherd who has judged international competitions in the field, joined popular talk radio host Ric Tyler on Feb. 28 to discuss LD 716, “An Act to Restrict the Hunting of Coyotes,” prior to a March 3 public hearing on the issue in Augusta. 

By Nancy Beal

The three school boards that oversee the Moosabec area’s high school and two elementary schools have been devoting the first half-hour of each meeting since January to formulating the school year 2025-26 budgets for their respective schools. 

By Paul Sylvain

Machiasport officials are taking the first steps toward providing an “opportunity” for perhaps a half-dozen young families just starting out to purchase a one- to two-acre lot for their first home.

By Jayna Smith

For residents of Washington County, access to specialized medical care often requires significant travel. Thanks to PALS SkyHope, a charitable aviation organization, patients in remote areas can receive free flights to medical facilities, providing a lifeline to those in need.

Jordan-Chandler Says, ‘It’s Kind of the Final Step Before Combining Schools’

By Nancy Beal

Crystal Blackwood, athletic coordinator for both Beals and Jonesport elementary schools, went before the respective school committees of both Moosabec area pre-K through grade 8 schools last week to suggest that the schools combine their Pee Wee basketball teams starting next year. The reason: low student numbers. “Kids aren’t playing sports like they used to,” she said, attributing the change to the availability of video games.

By Doss Dennison

As soon as the kids returned from February break, grades 3 through 6 were back in the gym, getting ready for the final chapter of Downeast basketball, Pee Wee season. 

Most of the teams in the county are made up of kids in grades 4 through 6. A few of the larger schools offer both a combined grades 5 and 6 team and a combined grades 3 and 4 team. Some of the smaller schools have to dip down to grade 3 to have enough kids to make up a team. 

The Sunday Afternoons at the Arts Center series will present Paul Cox and Chris Bartlett with a talk, “Scalloping in Cobscook Bay,” Sunday, March 16, at 3 p.m. The two will invite attendees into the world of the sea scallop fishery in Cobscook Bay, with a walk-through of a day on the water with Paul and his crew, detailing efforts taken to harvest scallops from the seafloor and the fishing gear that is used.