Jayna Smith

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The Town of Baileyville has selected Ryan Lincoln as the new Parks and Recreation Director, and he will assume the position on Nov. 30.  He fills the vacancy left by Mike Boies, who retired after serving as director for 35 years.  

Natalie Boomer

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Last year, 68,145 deer permits were given out to hunters in the state of Maine. This year, 109,990 were given out. With an increase of 41,745 permits, many hunters are finding it hard to find a butcher to provide wild game processing after a successful hunt. 

The Bangor Symphony Orchestra is announcing new plans for its 125th anniversary season. The Symphony's five classical concerts are moving online, with new programming to meet gathering limits and social distancing requirements for the orchestra. Performances will be filmed without an audience and released through a new online platform from February to June 2021. 

Digital subscriptions are now on sale, with options ranging from $50 to $199 per household and added educational and archival content for subscribers. 

Natalie Boomer 

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Like many others, a young girl’s birthday party was suddenly canceled after Governor Janet Mills urged Mainers to avoid gatherings and unnecessary travel to decrease the spread of COVID-19. 

Although Sutton Farmer won’t be able to have all of her friends at her 6th birthday, her close family friend, Terri Beam, thought of a different way to celebrate. 

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Every year Downeast Lakes Land Trust hosts a Christmas Bird Count. To help stop the spread of COVID-19, there will be some modifications to the event. 

On the morning of December 14th, community members are welcome to venture out into the Grand Lake Stream area to record what birds they see. 

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Local Lana Faulkner has created a little library in a tiny building.  It sits in front of her Baring home with a purpose to share her passion of reading with community members. 

 “I started chartering mine about three years ago. It started out as a small structure that housed a good selection of books, to an actual building that you can go into and browse the fully-stocked book shelves,” said Faulkner. 

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After inclement weather resulted in Baileyville’s Holiday Committee needing to postpone the town’s annual Christmas Parade from Saturday, Dec. 5 to Friday, Dec. 11, it went off without a hitch and no one was disappointed.

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Superintendent of Schools Pat Metta informed parents, students, and staff on Sunday, Dec. 13 that Woodland Elementary and Jr./Sr. High Schools would be closed the following day and students of both would be moving back to remote learning effective Tuesday, Dec. 15.  

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Machias Savings Bank in Princeton has its own version of a giving tree, set up outside the branch to help anyone in need of winter accessories.  Among the items available are socks, hats, scarves, gloves, and mittens.

According to branch manager Eryn Meeker, all are welcome to simply drive up and choose their needed accessory or accessories.  There is no charge for any of the items.