Miriam Libby proudly serves as Grand Marshal for the 2025 Octoberfest Parade in Baileyville held last Saturday, Oct. 11. (Photo by Jayna Smith)

Sparse Turnout for Bond Hearing in Machias as Cuts Loom Either Way 

Paul Sylvain

“It’s like what you see on TV when someone hits the Megabucks and two years later, they’re broke. The county is the same way. They got that ARPA money, and a year and a half later we’re broke.”