Paul Sylvain

“Sell it to Hammond.”

Referring to Hammond Lumber in Machias, those words — uttered half jokingly, but said with an edge of truth by Machias Town Clerk Sandra Clifton at the selectboard’s March 12 meeting — might in fact be the town’s best option for what to do with the shuttered, flood damaged town office building at 7 Court Street.

The Machias Hammond Lumber and hardware store is located at 9 Quoddy Lane, directly behind the 7 Court Street town office building.