The Machias Valley News Observer

11/07/2025

Machias Planners Approve 3 Building Permits, Move Forward with Solar Ordinance, Resolving Storage Project Violations
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11/07/2025

Whiting to Celebrate Bicentennial with 3-Day Birthday Party
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11/07/2025

Farmers’ Markets, Stands Across the County Offer Fresh, Local Goods All Season Long
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10/07/2025

State Program May Aid Jonesport in Sidewalk Repair
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10/07/2025

Berry’s Slam Propels Machias 12U Softball to District LL Championship

By Will Tuell Machias Area Little League’s Madison Berry was the toast of the town last week as she pounded a bases-clearing home run in the fifth...

10/07/2025

Machias July 4th Parade Biggest and Best Ever, as Planning Begins for Semiquincentennial

By Paul Sylvain Machias set a high bar on Friday for next year’s Semiquincentennial Independence Day parade. One visitor to the area from Bangor was overheard saying as the last vehicle passed by, “Wow, what a parade!

09/07/2025

If you want to know what makes for a community newspaper, look no further than this week’s Machias Valley News Observer. From our extensive full-color, multi-page coverage of the Machias 4th of July parade by Paul, to Will’s reporting on the 12U Little League team, Nancy’s story about possible funding for long overdue sidewalk repairs in Jonesport, Paul’s review of last week’s Kitchen Concert Summer Series show at Bad Little Falls Park.

And that’s just for starters. Jayna Smith highlights farmers’ markets in Washington County, and Nancy offers a photo package of the Whatever Floats event in Jonesport on July 4. We also have stories about plans for a bicentennial birthday bash in Whiting and last week’s planning board meeting in Machias.

Paul goes “Bananas” in this week’s From Away & Back column while Will displays a “biting” sense of humor in this week’s Downeast Dispatches. In his biweekly “We the People” column, liberal columnist Mark Brown presents his argument opposing the “One Big Beautiful Bill” passed last week by Congress, while conservative writer Jon Reisman writes of his mourning over his wife’s passing while also arguing that Maine’s climate, energy and equity polices have had a continued adverse impact on rural Maine’s residents.

Paul presents a critical response to Mark’s June 25 immigration related commentary about whether illegal immigration is really good for America. Still not enough? We have unequalled sports coverage from Doss Dennison, Phil Stuart and Will Tuell.

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05/07/2025

Machias Shifts Fire Dispatching to County RCC

Selectboard OKs Extrication Suits, Explosive-Gas Meter Purchase By Paul Sylvain Changes a-plenty are happening at the Machias Fire Department, with...

05/07/2025

Oy Vey Iz Mir
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05/07/2025

Machias 12U Softball All Stars to Playfor District Championship

By Will Tuell It was an up-and-down week for fans of Machias Area Little League softball as the area’s 12U squad won three straight games to earn a...

04/07/2025

Fort O’Brien Students Commit to Community Service

By Paul Sylvain Today’s youths will one day determine the future of their community. Fort O’Brien School seventh and eighth grade students in...

04/07/2025

Margaretta Days Time Capsule Provides Glimpse Into Event’s Past and Thoughts About it’s Future

By Paul Sylvain The gun smoke has cleared from last month’s Margaretta Days skirmish reenactments, but one of that week’s events that might have...