by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

More than half of the July 27 Machias selectboard meeting was spent discussing a permit request from Bad Little Brewing Company to expand its outdoor eating and drinking area by the addition of four tables. Prior to the selectboard receiving the permit request, the Machias Planning Board approved it.

by Nancy Beal

by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

Machias Police Chief Keith Mercier wasn’t sure if he should bring his covered trailer to last weekend’s “Stuff the Cruiser” diaper donation event at Hannaford in Machias.

“We would have been in trouble if I didn’t,” he said Monday morning while hauling boxes of diapers, wipes, baby food, and baby formula out of the full trailer and into the nonprofit We Care Baby Center located on Water Street in Machias.

by Nancy Beal

by David Dahl, Maine Monitor

State environmental regulators issued a “Notice of Violation” against the developer of an ambitious, $1 billion project in Washington County after inspectors found the company built several dozen cabins, a restaurant, roads, and parking areas without obtaining necessary permits.

by Jonathan Reisman

Gina McCarthy is the first White House National Climate Advisor under President Biden. Before that, she was the EPA administrator under President Obama, where she trailblazed the practice of using an email alias to avoid transparency and pesky freedom of information requests from deplorable non-believers and “deniers.”

New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias will give a slide presentation on the war between the Colonists and Native Americans in 1675-76 at the UMM Performing Arts Center in Machias on Wednesday, September 21, at 7 p.m.  The Tougias event is part of Authors at The Last Page, an author talk series sponsored by Porter Memorial Library with support from Maine Public Library Fund. For more information, call the library at 207-255-3933.

Earlier this month, a group of recently graduated eighth graders from Elm Street School had the chance to go mackerel fishing in the Bay of Fundy, thanks to a unique partnership between local school officials and the business community. 

by Phil Stuart

The Blueberry Run 5-miler began in 1976 and turned 47 this year if you count the virtual runs in 2020 and 2021. The last year it ran with actual participants was in 2019, when Tom Windle and Dara Knapp were the winners.

by Hazel Stark

While Maine doesn’t boast the longest or most intense summer season, we sure do have a pleasing variety of outdoor recreational opportunities that satisfy, regardless of the weather. Chilly morning? Hike a mountain to warm up. Hot and humid? Head to a lake or ocean beach to cool off on a swim. Warm and still? Head out for a mellow paddle by canoe or kayak and take in the sights you wouldn’t normally see on foot. Right now, a freshwater paddle in shallow water may reward you with a glimpse of the flowers of a unique and useful plant: arrowhead.