By Paul Sylvain

Yes, Virginia, there really are blueberries at the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival.

The sad truth is, that hasn’t always been the case. Just ask the folks at the Welch Farm in Roque Bluffs, who explained in an interview earlier this month that it was the lack of fresh blueberries at the annual festival that prompted them to offer farm tours and arrange for some of their berries to be available for sale there.