Jonesport, ME

WINTER HARBOR — A bill sponsored by state Rep. Billy Bob Faulkingham (R-Winter Harbor) has become law, effectively abolishing the practice of civil asset forfeiture, making Maine the fourth state in the country to do so. Civil asset forfeiture is a practice where a law enforcement agency can confiscate a...

The town of Milbridge in Washington County will be a groovy place to be this weekend as the town celebrates Milbridge Days Friday and Saturday, July 30 and 31. To see the full list of events click HERE. Highlights include:. Friday, July 30th. 4 p.m. Pet Parade - Milbridge Commons....

Tracy Rice, 51, of Prospect Harbor, after suffering with patience and grace for 10 years invalided by multiple sclerosis (MS), joined her dear son Tanner Thibault in Heaven on July 21. Tracy was a graduate of Sumner Memorial High School. She loved spending time with family and friends. Some of her favorite places to go were Swamp Rest, the family’s hunting camp, and Camp Pickled, the family’s camp on Flanders Pond. She also loved to drive around Schoodic with the radio blasting. She said it helped her to work out her troubles.

“What drives us today is this is a very serious problem, and a dangerous one to solve,” said Brian Pfeiffer, an independent architectural historian. “The church doesn’t have enough people or resources to maintain it, so the question is is there a group, or groups, that would recognize a shared community problem.”

SULLIVAN — The Regional School Unit 24 (RSU 24) Board of Directors unanimously approved July 20 naming the larger of the two gyms at the Charles M. Sumner Learning Campus, which is under construction behind the current Sumner Memorial High School, after First National Bank and the building’s courtyard after Bar Harbor Bank & Trust (BHBT).

COLUMBIA FALLS — Many people participated in Wreaths Across America’s 3rd Annual Stem and Stone Race Saturday in Columbia Falls. According to a press release from the organization’s leaders, the race was held on the tip lands of Maine where balsam is grown and harvested each year to make wreaths placed on the headstones of veterans for Wreaths Across America Day in December.

1927-2021-Dorothy Jean Buckley peacefully passed away on July 20, 2021, after a long illness. Jean, as she was best known, was born July 24, 1927, to Edward and Laura Dilmore in Rochester, N.Y. She lived her early years in Seneca Falls, N.Y. Jean graduated from Elizabeth Cady Stanton Elementary School in Seneca Falls, then continued on to graduate high school at Mynderse Academy in Seneca Falls. She went on to follow her passion in elementary education after graduating from Potsdam State Teachers College (now SUNY Potsdam). She worked as a teacher in New York state, a substitute teacher at Elizabethtown-Lewis Central School in New York and teacher’s aide at Gouldsboro Grammar School in Maine for many years.