by Sarah Craighead Dedmon 

The estate of Barbara L. Smith has offered to sell a half-acre lot to the town of Machias, partially in exchange for unpaid property tax and sewer bills related to other Smith properties. 

At the Machias Board of Selectmen’s Nov. 9 meeting, realtor Nicole Ball spoke on the family’s behalf, offering 114 Dublin Street to the town for the reduced price of $85,000, down from a list price of $99,000 for the .54-acre lot.