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Machias Planning Board to Weigh In on Plans to Correct Dublin St. Storage Project Violations

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Machias Planning Board to Weigh In on Plans to Correct Dublin St. Storage Project Violations

By Paul Sylvain Six months after the Machias Selectboard ordered an immediate stop to all work on a self-storage facility under construction on Dublin Street, work may soon resume on the project, depending on what the town’s planning board decides at its June 4 meeting.MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or Login with Facebook or Subscribe now: https://www.machiasnews.com/subcatalog Read Article

Area Businesses Pave Way for State Little League Championship in Machias

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Area Businesses Pave Way for State Little League Championship in Machias

By Paul Sylvain Anybody who has ever had to navigate the section of Beal Street from Court Street to the Beal Field baseball diamond to cheer on their kids playing a Little League baseball game can attest to the fact that driving on that road was more like negotiating a minefield.MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or Login with Facebook or Subscribe now: https://www.machiasnews.com/subcatalog Read Article

AOS 96 Substitute Bus Driver Seeks Pay Boost

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AOS 96 Substitute Bus Driver Seeks Pay Boost

By Paul Sylvain Few jobs carry the responsibility school bus drivers have, ensuring they safely deliver what substitute driver Steven Tilney last week called “precious cargo” to school and back each day. With that in mind, an unexpected wrinkle arose on May 27, during the annual town meeting vote on the 2025-‘26 Machias school budget. A seemingly routine funding article seeking approval for $170,886 for school transportation led to a 13-minute e…Read Article

Jonesport Elementary School Budget Goes Back to Voters

By Nancy Beal The Jonesport Elementary School Board met last week with one agenda item: Adjust the 2025-2026 school budget that voters rejected May 21 and send it back to voters in hopes of achieving a change of heart. The financial mountain that less than 20 voters refused to climb last month, while delivering a historic “no,” was a $535,580 tab for facilities maintenance.Machias · Machias Read Article

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Machias Voters to Act on 47-Article Warrant at June 11 Annual Town Meeting

Polls to Open June 10 to Elect Municipal Officers By Paul Sylvain For the first time in three years, Machias is holding its annual election of municipal officers and town meeting in June. As is customary in Machias, these two events are scheduled for successive days, with the elections scheduled from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 10, at the Machias Memorial High School gymnasium, and the town meeting to act on a 47-article warrant, commencing a…Polls · Machias Read Article

It’s a ‘Shell-ebration’ of Emerging Opportunities in Shellfish Aquaculture at Downeast Institute

Downeast Institute (DEI), Maine Aquaculture Innovation Center, Maine Center for Entrepreneurs, and partners will host “Shell-ebration,” an event focused on emerging opportunities for shellfish aquaculture in Washington County, from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 8, at Downeast Institute, 39 Wildflower Lane, in Beals, Maine. The event is free and open to the public and will take place rain or shine.MachiasClick here to log in https://machia…DEI · Machias Read Article

Overdose Incidents More than Double in Saskatoon over Five Months: Report

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A dramatic increase in overdoses — numbers have more than doubled from the same period a year ago — is being discussed in a report submitted by the Saskatoon Fire Department to Tuesday's environment, utilities and corporate services committee.Environment · Machias See the Story

Kingfish Seeks Ordinance Change to Extend Permit

By Nancy Beal It has been over five years since Kingfish Maine approached the town of Jonesport about building a $100 million land-based fish farm between Route 187 and Chandler Bay on nearly 100 acres north of the town’s largest cemetery. After over a dozen sessions with the town’s planning board and several informational meetings with citizens interested in learning about the various components of the fish-rearing process, in November 2022, th…Machias · Machias Read Article

Machias Ambulance Service EMTs Honored in Augusta

By Will Tuell On Wednesday, May 21, members of the Machias Ambulance Service attended a ceremony at the State House honoring one of their own. Joe Thompson, an EMT with MAS, was one of nine clinicians around the state to receive Maine EMS’s Excellence Award, MAS Chief Ryan Maker said in a social media post following the ceremony. Thompson, noted Maker, “has been an integral part of Washington County's emergency services for over 20 years.” Mach…Machias · Machias Read Article

Machiasport Select Board Breezes Thru 20-Minute Meeting

By Paul Sylvain As selectboard meetings go, if you blinked, you might have missed the May 19 meeting in Machiasport. In the span of about 20 minutes, board members Ryan Sprague, Sarah Craighead Dedmon, and Chairman Ryan Maker breezed through the public portion of their meeting faster than an Air Force fighter jet with its afterburners lit.MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or Login with Facebook or Subscribe now: https://ww…Machias · Machias Read Article

Washington County DA Bill Fails Passage in State House

By Paul Sylvain The more things change, the more they stay the same. After attempts in the 129th and 130th Legislature to split a shared District Attorney between Hancock and Washington counties came up painfully short, local lawmakers revived their push to split the district in two again this year, only to see it falter in the Democratically controlled Legislature yet again last week. MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or …Machias · Machias Read Article

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