Jayna Smith

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The Youth Ministries group at Bethel Chapel in Talmadge has been busy warming community members up from the inside out through its Breaking of the Bread program, which provides free meals once a week to any area residents.

The Breaking of the Bread program started at the church back in October, at which time the group made 17 meals.  Now, just three months later, the group is making 50 meals each Saturday, with a new goal of making 75.

Jayna Smith

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East Range II School in Topsfield kicked off its WinterKids program with an opening ceremony last week.

Among the activities enjoyed by the students were a Wild Yeti Dance, Capture the Yeti, and hot cocoa with brownies.

The WinterKids program develops and expands innovative health education programs for kids in the winter–and year round–throughout the State of Maine.

Ricky Cleghorn

The Town of Baileyville has hired a new fire chief, Bill Delnicki. Appointed January 10th, Chief Delnicki is preceded by Chief John McPhee, who has served as chief for 14 years prior to Delnicki. McPhee will be staying on in the department as a member of the staff.

 Chief Delnicki comes with a whole array of certification and experience, which he was happy to share. 

Jayna Smith

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Another local school is taking part in the WinterKids Winter Games, a program established to help kids stay active and healthy and that features fun, educational activities that get students moving and learning outside.

Perry Elementary School is one of 16 Maine schools chosen to compete in the games, according to Principal Penny Johnson.  

Letter carriers certainly appreciate mailboxes being cleared of snow.  In the case of this Robbinston resident’s mailbox, the snow was cleared and then used to create a very unique snowman.  Postal Service worker Lynne Quinn was met with this on her route Monday and said it definitely put a smile on her face.  (Photo courtesy of Lynne Quinn)

On Friday, January 27th, Princeton Elementary School held its annual spelling bee. This year, unlike years in the past, PES is the only school in Washington County to hold a competitive spelling bee. 

The participants were from grade 6: Ashlyn Burke, Kaylee Campbell, Maddie Clark, and Emileigh Arsenault; grade seven: Victoria Polk; grade 8: Alex Chesebrough, Nathan Batson, and Rachel Netzer. 

Ricky Cleghorn

This is a two-part article providing information on Downeast Broadband Utility (DBU), the first and only municipal broadband utility in the State of Maine.

Joyce Kryszak, 

Maine Monitor

Once a thriving lumber community that dates back to the late 1700s, the humble town of Dennysville in far Downeast Maine now could be easily overlooked. Travelers zip along US Route 1 on their way to busier, more prosperous places, such as the City of Calais, 50 minutes farther east at the Canadian border.

We held Storytime at the Lincoln Memorial Public Library in Dennysville last Wednesday. Ray Brown, a biologist at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, did a super job with all these enthusiastic little children, who really enjoyed learning about how animals deal with winter.