by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

At one time a pharmacy, then a dollar store, 160 Dublin Street will soon house a state-of-the-art medical center as part of Eastport Health Care’s expansion in Machias. 

EHC CEO Ellen Krajewski says her organization purchased the property in July.

“We have a design, and we hope to be moved in by the end of September 2023,” said Krajewski.

by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

In spite of the nationwide equipment shortage and after more than a year of searching, the Machias Fire Department has scored a new-to-Machias heavy rescue truck, winning a competitive bid sent out by the town of Windham.

“We looked at numerous trucks all over the country, we probably have looked at 30 or so, but nothing would meet what we were looking for price-wise,” said Machias Fire Chief Joey Dennison. 

by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

Most of us are familiar with the concept of adult education and probably associate it with the old GED given to people who left high school early but still wanted a diploma. 

Today, it’s no longer called a GED, it’s a HiSET (High School Equivalency Test), and that isn’t all that’s changed. Washington County Adult and Community Education (WCACE) helps students of all ages with everything from getting a high school diploma to resume writing to learning how to play the ukulele. 

by Nancy Beal

At the fifth appearance of Kingfish Maine before the Jonesport planning board Sept. 22, the company’s spokesmen and their opponents continued to accuse and defend the effect on water quality of the proposed $110 million land-based fish farm that the American subsidiary of a Dutch company plans to build on 94 acres adjacent to Jonesport’s Chandler Bay.

by Nancy Beal

Representatives of Charter Communications, parent company of Spectrum, came to Jonesport last week to pitch a plan that would bring internet to all households in town. The company had been invited by selectmen, who have been exploring ways to use the American Rescuer Plan Act (ARPA) money that communities received during the Covid-19 pandemic to help with municipal expenses. Broadband build-out is one of the allowable expenditures. Jonesport received $369,000.

by Jonathan Reisman

The Boston Tea Party Ships and Museum organization will travel to Whiting next week to place a marker on the grave of Brigadier General John Crane for his service during the Boston Tea Party.

by Joseph Horn

by Sarah Craighead Dedmon 

Students at Machias Memorial High School and Milbridge Elementary School are invited to dress in red this Friday, Sept. 23, in a show of support for Maine’s lobster industry. The schools’ displays are only two of dozens popping up around the county as Maine’s most lucrative fishery faces damaging regulatory changes from the federal government, which asserts Maine lobstermen could be harming the endangered right whale.

by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

Former governor and current Republican candidate for governor Paul LePage will visit western Washington County next Monday, Sept. 26, making six different public stops between Milbridge and Machias.

Chipman’s Wharf in Milbridge will be the first campaign stop at 9 a.m. to offer people on the county’s western edge a chance to meet with LePage, according to visit organizer David Whitney of Marshfield. Then, the tour will progress to Lynch Hill Farm in Harrington from 10 to 10:45 a.m.