Natalie Boomer  

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On Sunday, October 18th, Louie Nicholas completed the Marine Corps Marathon virtual event. 

He began his 26.2-mile journey at his camp located on Sysladobsis Lake near Dobsis Dam and declared the Princeton public boat landing his finish line. 

Nicholas originally planned to participate in the Mount Desert Island Marathon, but when it got postponed he decided to sign up for the Marine Corps Marathon. 

Kaileigh Deacon 

For many, it is hard to imagine the possibility of bringing what they do to the National level, but for Lanette Pottle, the seemingly improbable has become a reality. Lanette will be presenting at a TEDx talk on November 28 in Houston, Texas. 

Natalie Boomer

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A. Bitar Scrapbooking in Perry will be hosting Croptoberfest Weekend beginning Saturday, October 31 and going into Sunday, November 1. Participants will be able to create four traditional 12x12 scrapbook pages throughout the weekend. 

This week, in an online recognition ceremony, the Maine Association of the Education of Young Children (MaineAEYC) honored Representative Jay McCreight and Senator Marianne Moore with Children’s Champions Awards. The original celebration was going to take place at the State House in April during the “Week of the Young Child.” It was rescheduled to coincide with an early childhood education policy and advocacy webinar series that MaineAEYC has been hosting this month.

Jayna Smith

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AOS 90 Superintendent Patricia Metta, who oversees schools in Baileyville, Princeton, and Topsfield, announced on Thursday, Oct. 29 that students in that district will move from in-person learning to remote learning throughout the month of November.

“At this time, the schools have had no positive cases of COVID-19,” Metta said on Friday.  “Our school closure is precautionary in nature, given what is going on in the local communities.” 

Jayna Smith

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A stage, an emcee and an applauding audience are just some of the things common with a pageant, but of course, like nearly everything in 2020, things were very different for this year’s Miss St. Croix Valley and Miss Acadia pageants.  Both pageants were ultimately held virtually.  

Jayna Smith

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November marks National Diabetes Month, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, just over ten percent of the nation’s population has diabetes.  Five-year-old Gabe Youngblood makes up part of that number.

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Local, Sherri Neddeau, usually hosts a craft fair during Octoberfest in Baileyville. The fair was put on hold when the Covid-19 virus made its way into Washington County.

It will now be held on Saturday, December 5th. Although still a craft fair, it will differ from years before to keep the community safe. 

Jayna Smith

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The village of Woodland will be bustling on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 5th with kids -- and kids at heart -- awaiting Santa’s early arrival as he makes his way in the town’s annual Christmas parade. 

According to Jamie Bohanon, of the town’s holiday committee, the parade is being held a week earlier than in years prior.  

Quoddy Voices, which resumed its work together in September for a ‘virtual’ season, recently presented its first choral video. The community choir’s director John Newell guided the singers through each step of the new musical process, which centered around Monday evening rehearsals via Zoom. To aid singers in recording their voices, Newell made guide track videos in which they heard their part played against the other voice parts’ lines, and watched Newell conducting the time and cutoffs.