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Whiting to Celebrate Bicentennial with 3-Day Birthday Party
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Whiting to Celebrate Bicentennial with 3-Day Birthday Party

By Will Tuell Residents of Whiting will have a rare opportunity to celebrate a two-hundredth birthday this weekend as town officials prepare for the town’s bicentennial July 11-13. While the actual two-hundredth birthday of Whiting was Feb. 15, 2025, organizer Mary Alice Look said in a recent interview that locals have been planning a summer celebration for over a year now.MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or Login with Fa…Read Article
Machias Planners Approve 3 Building Permits, Move Forward with Solar Ordinance, Resolving Storage Project Violations
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Machias Planners Approve 3 Building Permits, Move Forward with Solar Ordinance, Resolving Storage Project Violations

By Paul Sylvain It took the Machias planning board a mere 10 minutes from opening gavel to adjournment to approve three building permits and call it a night at its July 2 meeting. Of more importance than the permit applications on the meeting’s agenda, however, was a scheduled discussion with West Branch Farm’s owner Chris Meroff over his proposed addition of four more rental cabins on his West Kennebec Road property. MachiasClick here to log in…Read Article
New I-395 Connector Opens, Linking Brewer to Route 9
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New I-395 Connector Opens, Linking Brewer to Route 9

By Jayna Smith After decades of planning and years of construction, a new six-mile stretch of highway connecting I-395 to Route 9 officially opened to traffic Friday, June 27, 2025, marking the completion of one of Maine’s most significant recent transportation infrastructure projects. The $107 million project — formally known as the I-395/Route 9 Connector — extends east from Brewer to Eddington, creating a more direct route for travelers and c…Read Article

Pitch Black Ribbons’ Phipp Brothers Deliver Solid Set at Kitchen Summer Series Concert

Review by Paul Sylvain In my Sept. 4, 2024, review of Pitch Black Ribbons’ Aug. 29 show at Bad Little Falls Park, I wrote, “As for me, I hope it's not another year before I see them again. Their show … was a genuine late summer treat.” Call it a self-fulfilling prophecy, but fortunately, I didn’t have to wait a year and managed to catch brothers Clint and Cody Phipps on July 3, in the third of this summer’s Kitchen Concerts at Bad Little Falls P…Machias · MachiasRead Article

Machias Bay Chamber of Commerce Seeks Solution to Fund Roof, Other Repairs at Station 1898

By Paul Sylvain Station 1898 — the old repurposed railroad station near the dike and Lee/Pellon Event Center — has served as home to the Machias Bay Area Chamber of Commerce since the chamber signed a 100-year lease with the town for one dollar. In return, the Chamber agreed to maintain the building and allow its use for community events several times a year.MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or Login with Facebook or Subsc…Machias · MachiasRead Article

Machiasport School, Municipal Warrant Passes Quietly

By Paul Sylvain Town meetings — even the monthly selectboard meetings, which are separate from voting by the general public — in Machiasport have a reputation for being unpredictable. Sometimes quiet, often fiery, they seldom disappoint anyone who attends them regularly. The town’s 49-article warrant for its June 23 annual town meeting certainly appeared benign on the surface. Ultimately, voters dispensed with the 2025-‘26 spending package, with…Machias · MachiasRead Article

Cherryfield’s Fred Kneeland Jr. Joining Notable List of Downeasters in Maine’s Baseball Hall of Fame

By Phil Stuart Fred Kneeland Jr. of Cherryfield will be inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame on Oct. 26 in Portland. Freddie follows in the footsteps of Addison’s Dickie Norton who was inducted in 2023 and joins a surprising number of Downeasters selected for that honor.  Kneeland becomes the 16th Washington County resident to enter the Hall of Fame and the second from Cherryfield, joining major leaguer Carlton Willey, who was in the in…Baseball · MachiasRead Article

Machias 12U Softball All Stars to Playfor District Championship

By Will Tuell It was an up-and-down week for fans of Machias Area Little League softball as the area’s 12U squad won three straight games to earn a berth in the Downeast-Acadia district championship this week. While Happy Gardner award winner Sarah Hennesey and her teammates found themselves in an enviable position to qualify for the state tournament, things were not quite so rosy for Machias’s 10U softball squad, who were bounced from their dou…Little League · MachiasRead Article

Machias Shifts Fire Dispatching to County RCC

Selectboard OKs Extrication Suits, Explosive-Gas Meter Purchase By Paul Sylvain Changes a-plenty are happening at the Machias Fire Department, with the town’s selectboard addressing several of them at its June 25 meeting, beginning with a change in dispatching fire calls.MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or Login with Facebook or Subscribe now: https://www.machiasnews.com/subcatalogMachias · MachiasRead Article

Margaretta Days a Once in a Semiquincentennial Year Celebration of First Naval Engagement

By Paul Sylvain Midway between a bicentennial and a tercentenary celebration is this peculiarly named anniversary called a “semiquincentennial,” and this year marked the semiquincentennial — or, in plain English, the 250th — anniversary of the Battle of the Margaretta, which is considered by the U.S. Navy and many others to be the first Naval engagement of the American Revolution.MachiasClick here to log in https://machiasnews.com/user or Login …Machias · MachiasRead Article

Hurricanes, Owls Top Machias Area Little League Softball, Baseball Season

Hennessey, Wood Receive Awards By Will Tuell The 2025 Machias Area Little League regular season is a wrap and this year’s action offered no shortage of thrilling moments, firsts, and personal triumphs, from the undefeated Hurricanes finishing a perfect 12-0 in softball to the 10-2 Owls pulling away in the final two weeks to resolve a three-way contest atop the standings in baseball to the much-improved Eagles picking up their first win in two ba…Baseball · MachiasRead Article

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