Coach Sean Cavanaugh’s Lady Devils traveled to George Stevens Academy on January 21 and picked up a 58-14 victory.

Calais was led in scoring by Sage Phillips, who dropped in 13 points.

Trinity Jones and Nevaeh Thomas each added 8 and Brenna Critchley added 6.  

Other scorers for Calais were Kendra Stevens with 5, Kayleigh Scott with 4, Kate McPhee with 3, and Francesca Lombardo, Mercedes Owen, and Alexis Donahue each with 2.

Calais traveled to Washington Academy on January 24 and were able to get the victory with a score of 55-46.  

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.

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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.

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COVID-19 testing continues at the Calais Recreation Center, only with minor changes.
Days of testing have been extended to include Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays.  Testing is available each of those days from 7 a.m. until noon.  

The Maine CDC and Department of Health and Human Services are no longer running the testing site.  Now, the City of Calais has entered into an agreement with Curative Labs to provide the testing.  

Jon Reisman

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The Calais girls basketball team traveled to Machias last week and found another victory against the Bulldogs with a score of 65-42.
Calais was led by Sage Phillips with 18 points and Nevaeh Thomas with 14.

Kendra Stevens scored another 10 points for the winners, while Trinity Jones and Alexis Donahue each had 8, Kayleigh Scott had 3, and Brenna Critchley and Kate McPhee both added a basket for the Blue Devils victory.

Ten winners from the St. Croix Valley area were named local champions of the 2022 Knights of Columbus Free Throw Championship.  All five boys and five girls have now earned the right to compete at the state level in March.

St. Croix Council #149 in Calais sponsored the local competition at Calais Elementary School last Saturday, February 5.  All youngsters ages 9 to 14 were eligible to participate.  

Each was allowed 25 free throw attempts in the contest.  High score for the day was 18 shots made out of 25 attempts.  

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On Saturday, February 5, just before the start of the final regular-season home games at Calais High School, athletic director Randy Morrison made a special presentation.  This presentation recognized Jeff Demmons and Mike Ellis, both of whom have been announcing Calais basketball games for more than 20 years on WQDY and who each recently announced their retirements from doing so.

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At Woodland on Thursday, February 3, Coach Dean Preston’s Blue Devils were quite possibly considered the underdogs going into the contest, but Calais took the win over the Dragons, 55-39.  

Skinny Dana led all, dropping in 18 points to go along with his 15 rebounds for Calais.

Jace Cook added another 16 points and Jacob Sockabasin 12.  Sockabasin also grabbed 20 rebounds.  

Kaileigh Deacon

In sight for schools is the end of another academic year, as the most normal of the last three years has almost come to a close.  The question that many schools are now starting to ask is when will it be time to remove the masks?

Kaileigh Deacon

Some may think that there is a deadline on finding love and movies on television and in theaters often reinforce this idea. But just across town on South Street, two residents at the assisted living facility learned that love is more than just the numbers that follow your birthday.

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The Calais High School cheerleaders, coached by Heidi Braughton, have been back on the sidelines this year after COVID-19 halted them last season.  With the enthusiasm and cheers they bring, they have not disappointed the Blue Devils fans.

Calais played Woodland at Woodland in their last regular season game last week.  The Lady Devils claimed the victory with a score of 57-48.

Calais was led by Nevaeh Thomas with 15 points and Alexis Donahue with 14.

Brenna Critchley and Sage Phillips each added 11, while Kendra Stevens and Mercedes Owen each added 3.

Calais finished the season in second place for class C North.

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.

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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.

The Woodland Junior High girls’ basketball team, coached by Kieve Leeman, won the Downeast Junior High Championship last week in a game against Calais held at Washington Academy.  The Dragons ended their season with a perfect 8-0 record.  Team members include Grace Howard, Cadence Roussel, Karleigh Smith, Kaylin Hamilton, Maddison Coleman, Mishun Cornelius, Baylee Fields, Audrina Moore, and Payton Walker.  (Photo courtesy of Chip Smith)

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Woodland Parks and Recreation had a girls’ grades 7 and 8 travel basketball team this year, as well as a boys.’  The two teams played as part of the Eastern Maine Basketball League.

The Eastern Elite girls team, made up of a group of girls from various local schools, proved they can keep up with the larger-area teams, playing against teams from Orono, Ellsworth, and others.