Evan Guire, grade 6 class vice president and Ian Laplant, grade 6 class president
 
Some people might say that we are heroes, but I say we are just sixth grade students. It was a very simple thing to do, but to those dogs and cats, it was a lot more than that. The Woodland Elementary School brought in a little over four hundred items just for PAWS! Four hundred is a big number, especially to those animals. With a little bit of our help, the dogs and cats probably had a very good day and will keep having very good days.

The Maine Army National Guard welcomed their newest member last week, PV2 Christopher Plissey of Princeton. PV2 Plissey graduated Woodland High School in 2020, and has attended Washington Community College, Thomas College, and now attends Eastern Maine Community College. He will be joining the 1136th Transportation Company at a 88M (Motor Transport Operator) after he completes training.

Jayna Smith
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WinterKids is a nonprofit organization in Maine dedicated to increasing outdoor physical activity in children and families, while promoting healthy lifelong habits through education and fun, outdoor winter activity.  

This year, Woodland Elementary School was one of only 22 schools chosen in the state to take part in the competitive track of WinterKids.

Natalie Boomer
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Three young girls from The Future Stars Horse Club at Little Oak Farm in Wesley are looking to their community for help in making their dreams a reality.
They have been busy selling raffle tickets to raise money for a very special trip.  These girls, and their beloved horses, would love to compete in the Morgan Youth Oklahoma Championship Show in October.

Jayna Smith
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At a town meeting on Tuesday, February 8, Princeton residents came out and proved in support of the town joining Downeast Broadband Utility (DBU) with a unanimous vote, 36-0.

DBU is the first of its kind, non-profit, open-access fiber optic municipal utility network in the state.  It provides high speed internet, phone, and TV through a dark fiber network to businesses and residences in towns which are members.

Sarah Craighead Dedmon

Healthy Acadia’s Food Program Manager Regina Grabrovac was the first to present at this month’s meeting of the Washington County Commissioners, held Thursday, Feb. 10, at the county courthouse in Machias.

Grabrovac, who is well known throughout the county for her work on behalf of food security and Downeast farmers, attended the meeting to deliver a Healthy Acadia proposal that would create a community gardening project on county land.

Jayna Smith
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Beachcombing can yield neat and interesting items of all kinds, but for one man about 3,300 miles away, his beach find originated from the great State of Maine.

Back in August, Sigbjørn Eide, who resides in the Nordic country of Norway in Northern Europe, was working his first day as a beach cleaner.  On the beach, he discovered a hard hat with markings indicating it belonged to the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT).

Natalie Boomer
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On Saturday, February 19th, the Dennysville Snowmobile and ATV Club hosted their Free Annual Family Fun Day.
Community members gathered at the Calais Rod and Gun Club in Charlotte at 9 a.m. to participate in some fun winter activities.

A fishing derby took place along with a joker run on the lake, trucker rides, hill sliding, and an ice fishing package was raffled off.

Jayna Smith
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One and a half years ago, in the August 5, 2020 edition of The Calais Advertiser, we shared details of the world’s largest plane–the Antonov An-225–that had landed at Bangor International Airport (BIA).  

A group of local teens made their voices heard at the national level earlier this month. Eight high school students from Washington County were chosen to present at the 2022 CADCA National Leadership Forum, a four-day workshop that connects a nationwide network of youth leaders and allies from across the U.S.