Jayna Smith

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Woodland Parks and Recreation Department, under leadership of new director Ryan Lincoln, has made signing up for programs easier than ever before.  On Monday, Lincoln unveiled his department’s new, upgraded website, baileyvilleme.myrec.com.

Jayna Smith

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After being impacted by the loss of a friend and classmate to suicide, Woodland High School freshman Victoria Siering felt the need to keep the discussion around suicide prevention at the forefront.  To do this, she created “Your Life Matters” kits for all of the students, staff, and faculty at Woodland Jr./Sr. High School.

Jayna Smith

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The Town of Princeton has declared itself to be a Second Amendment Sanctuary.

The Board of Selectmen voted in favor of the resolution last week, joining the Town of Paris and the Town of Fort Fairfield as possibly the only three self-declared gun rights sanctuaries in the state. 

The decision comes under the shadow of new gun control laws being drafted in Congress, all related to ammunition and background checks.

Natalie Boomer 

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The University of Maine Cooperative Extension’s Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program is hosting “Food, Fun, and Reading,” a weekly, food-themed virtual read aloud group.

Beginning March 9th, and then every Tuesday for six weeks, a librarian or volunteer from different libraries in Washington County will record themselves reading a picture book for children in the area at 3:30 p.m.

Maine Indian Education has welcomed new superintendent Dr. Reza Namin. He is a 2019 Harvard University Graduate School of Education Fellow and has extensive experience as Superintendent of Schools in Massachusetts and in Maine. Those experiences have helped him gain the knowledge, background, and vision required to serve as an effective superintendent of schools. 

Jayna Smith

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Polls will be open at the Baileyville Town Office, 63 Broadway Street, for the town’s municipal election this Monday, March 22.  Voters will cast their ballots in the fire department bay from 12 to 6 p.m.  

Eastport Arts Center’s KinderArts program, which launched a video series in October, continues with ‘Craft-along: Collage a Scene,’ set for a March 19 release. KinderArts video instructor Nia Aretakis will demonstrate a technique for creating a landscape collage scene using basic materials: fabric scraps, patterned paper, tissue paper and craft glue. Free materials kits available from EAC include sufficient supplies for the participant to both follow along with Nia’s instruction.

Jayna Smith

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For the first time in its history, a Wabanaki tribal member fills a seat on the Maine Criminal Justice Academy (MCJA) Board of Trustees.  Matthew Dana, a member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, was nominated by Indian Township Chief William Nicholas.  

Natalie Boomer 

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Downeast Coastal Conservancy has been chosen as a host site for The Big Night. 

Featuring Two Long-Time Outstanding Sea Music Scholars & Performers: Bob Madison, formerly of U. S. Naval Academy 

& Mystic Seaport and Jerry Bryant, sea music performer extraordinaire