By Paul Sylvain

Rebecca Moores, the 43-year-old Robbinston woman who in December pled guilty to murdering her former lover and principal drug supplier in 2022, was sentenced Monday, Jan. 29 in Washington County Superior Court in Machias to serve 32 years in prison.

By Nancy Beal 

Jonesport selectmen met on Jan. 31, finalized their budget, and, that evening, presented their suggestions to the town’s budget committee. Retired bank manager Wendy Beal was chosen chairman. Joining her were business owner and Union 103 infrastructure manager John Church, realtor and builder Paul Iossa, and assessor and former high school secretary Barbie Cirone. Shane Farris was absent.

The Washington County Republican Committee has completed three of its four regional caucus meetings in Washington County. The purpose of town caucuses is to elect officers of each town committee, to elect Delegates and Alternates to the State Convention, to elect members to the Washington County Republican Committee, and to organize for the upcoming elections. 

By Wayne Smith

I recently caught up with Jim England and Don Powers of the Bullseye Band when they played at the Milbridge Theatre and Community Arts Center. England and Powers talked about playing music together, entertaining live crowds, and the ups and downs of band life. 

By Will Tuell

By Will Tuell

Northern Light Health announced on Feb. 2 that an unspecified number of its computer servers were compromised by hackers earlier in the day, adding that patient information is safe and that care would not be disrupted across Northern Light’s sprawling network of care providers. 

Nurses Working Since October Without a Contract

By Paul Sylvain

Bone-chilling cold on Jan. 27 failed to deter at least 22 nurses and techs employed at Down East Community Hospital in Machias from rallying on the Jeremiah O’Brien Bridge. The nurses have been working without a contract since October and are trying to leverage public support for what they call “safe staffing” levels as part of their new contract. 

By Will Tuell

Cavernous, guttural roars swept through the Elm Street School gymnasium Thursday night as the Panther girls’ basketball team, down by 17 points with minutes to play, stormed back to beat Calais 58-57 in overtime, bringing Elm Street to an impressive 12-1 mark with one game to go before the playoffs. 

Public Hearing set for Feb. 5

By Paul Sylvain

For Machiasport’s selectmen, their Jan. 26 meeting must have seemed like deja vu all over again.

For the second time in six weeks, Machiasport’s three-member board, along with town attorney Stephen Wagner of Bangor, met to consider five legal motions aimed at taking by condemnation and eminent domain portions of private property at 1755 and 1759 Port Road in Starboard to build a public access road to the Point of Maine and a pair of islands accessible only at low tide.

By Nancy Beal

High school education these days does not take place just within classrooms. Earlier this month, Corrie Hunkler described a program she supervises at Jonesport-Beals High School that offers instruction and reflection out in the real world, with a goal of guiding teenagers in directions that interest and challenge them—and that may steer them into career fields that are compatible and achievable for their individual make-ups. Her presentation was made at the school’s monthly board meeting on Jan. 17.