Will Tuell

Proprietress Beth (Prout) Foss sent shockwaves through the Machias Valley this past week as she announced that she is selling the Bluebird Ranch Family Restaurant to Mason’s Brewing of Brewer this past week. A fixture in the community for generations -- first as Graham’s Restaurant until Foss’s family purchased the eatery and rebranded it as “the Bluebird” in 1996 -- locals reacted with a mix of disbelief, shock, sorrow, and excitement as word for the sale, and the restaurant’s closure Oct. 1, spread.