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Emily Doten, a Calais High School alumna and a 2024 graduate of Husson University, where she was a standout on the women’s tennis team, is one of eight finalists for the 2025 North Atlantic Conference (NAC) Woman of the Year award.

A Health Science major with a 3.99 GPA and Doctor of Pharmacy degree (3.98 GPA), Doten was a four-year tennis player, earning multiple all-conference honors and serving as team captain for three years. She helped lead Husson to two NAC championships and received the 2025 Husson Women’s Tennis Eagle Award.

Calais Community Hospital is pleased to welcome Dr. Susan Luthin, Family Physician. Dr. Luthin will staff the new Baileyville Medical Center, scheduled to open in September. 

 Dr. Luthin earned her undergraduate degree at the University of Maine, Orono, and her medical degree from the University of Vermont College of Medicine. She brings 35 years of family medicine experience. While her work as a family medicine physician has her caring for every age range, she says she has a special passion for well-woman care, such as birth control and pap smears, and pediatrics. 

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On Wednesday, June 25, 2025, shortly after 1 p.m., firefighters responded to a fire at an unoccupied residential property located at 13 Main Street in Princeton. The call initially came in as crews were already contending with extremely high temperatures, which made fire suppression efforts especially challenging for crews.

Grand Army of the Republic veterans were prominent in all patriotic celebrations, for many years walking in parades in full dress uniform. By 1919, most were deservedly chauffeured in the nicest cars the town could offer. The gent in the first car fought at the battles of Pittsburgh Heights, Seven Pines, and Appomattox. We wonder if there were any veterans still living in 1919 from the Battle of Marye’s Heights where Calais lost Captain Haycock and Frank Holmes and had so many others killed and wounded. (Photo and information from St. Croix Historical Society)

Paul Sylvain

Machias set a high bar on Friday for next year’s Semiquincentennial Independence Day parade. One visitor to the area from Bangor was overheard saying as the last vehicle passed by, “Wow, what a parade! It’s even better than Bangor’s.” 

The 2025 Calais Little League Champions are the Cubs, made up of (front) Quinn Kohler, Griffin Young, Max Hanley, Aiden Richard, Hutson Gregor, Jase Sulkowski, (back) Coach Ben Knowles, Coach Randy Hanley, Landon Kendall, Seamus Knowles, Blake Dewar, Rowan Kohler, Cameron Bulmer, William Gower, Coach Jeff Gregor, and Coach Nick Kohler. (Photos by Jessica Gower)

Congratulations to Karen Holmes, of Cooper, winner of the Down East Hospice Volunteers grill and gift basket raffle. The grill was donated by Pineo’s True Value of Machias. For information about DEHV’s free services or to become a hospice volunteer, call 207-454-7521 ext. 9126#, email [email protected], or visit https://www.downeasthospicevolunteers.org.

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Walgreens has confirmed that its store at 223 North Street in Calais will permanently close on August 5. The announcement comes as part of the company’s broader strategy to streamline operations amid ongoing industry challenges.

(Photo by Linda Woodruff) See more photos on page 10 of this week's paper!