We took our Rangers to Mt. Jefferson in Lee to go tubing. They had so much fun being pulled up the hill with the towing system and then flying back down. We hope to go again next year.

Our peewee basketball players played their end-of-the-season game against their parents. It’s always an exciting game playing against their mothers, fathers, older siblings, and grandparents. The players beat their parents this year and were pretty ecstatic about that!

Jayna Smith

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A local man is with relatives after a fire tore through his home on Monday, March 20, 2023.

According to Baileyville Fire Chief Bill Delnicki, shortly before 3:30 p.m., crews were dispatched to the residence on Houlton Road.

Upon arrival, fire could be seen coming from the mobile home and “there was extensive heat throughout,” he said.  

Will Tuell

Senator Marianne Moore (R-Calais) presented a bill before the Legislature’s Energy, Utilities, and Technology Committee on behalf of the Town of Baileyville that would give the town’s utilities district the authority to disconnect town water for failure to pay local sewer fees during a March 21 public hearing. Moore, who did not testify to the merits of the bill, explained that she had been approached by town officials who were struggling to recoup debt incurred by the town’s sewer district. 

Will Tuell

Senator Marianne Moore’s (R-Calais) bill that would give the Town of Baileyville the ability to disconnect public water if a ratepayer doesn’t pay their sewer bill passed the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee last week. Despite initial skepticism amongst EUT Democrats, the committee ultimately voted to pass the bill unanimously after agreeing to an amendment directing the Public Utilities Commission to review Baileyville’s plan before it goes into effect. 

Natalie Boomer

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“We are excited to partner with the Good Shepard Food Bank of Auburn to open a food pantry at Woodland Jr./Sr. High School for our students and their families,” mentioned new food pantry coordinator Heidi Hicks.

Hicks was thrilled to receive their first delivery on Monday, April 3rd, containing dry goods and pantry-sized items. 

The youngsters were excited and ready to hunt their eggs on Saturday, April 1, when Princeton Parks & Recreation with the Princeton Fire Department held an Easter Egg Hunt event. (Submitted photo)

At the recent Governor’s Conference on Tourism, four stained glass panels designed and created by Mark Wren, of Wrenovations in Robbinston, were chosen to be presented as awards.  Shown is one of the beautiful pieces. (Submitted photo)

Will Tuell

With the arrival of sunny skies and warmer weather, Washington County saw two high-profile forest fires this past week – a 65-acre blaze in Wesley on Monday and an eight-acre fire in Johnson’s Cove Friday, according to the Maine Forest Service, which assisted fire departments across the region with both conflagrations Although no cause has been given for either fire or a trio of smaller burns north of Columbia Falls, Rangers said via social media on Sunday that over 100 wildfires have been reported statewide so far this spring. 

Jayna Smith

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Thanks to connections from a firefighter new to the Princeton roster, the department there has acquired a Hurst Jaws of Life unit. 

Sarah Craighead Dedmon

Work in the Maine Mineral & Gem Society laboratory is much heavier this week after throngs of treasure hunters have descended on Washington County, hoping to find a piece of the bolide meteor that streaked across the midday sky on Saturday, April 8.

 Now those hunters are delivering their finds to the museum for analysis.