Crime Prevention Program is Underway April Kilby, shown here with Calais Police Patrolman Kevin Stevens, is the criminal justice intern assigned to the Calais Police Department’s crime prevention unit. She will be working with officer Stevens in carrying out a program designed to help store owners and residents alike
Christy McIver, of Baileyville, was recently recognized for 30 years of volunteer service with Eastern Area Agency on Aging’s Meals on Wheels program. She began volunteering right out of high school and has continued delivering meals to local seniors ever since. EAAA photo
Jayna Smith jayna@calais.news A longtime fixture inside Calais Community Hospital will soon close its doors for good. The Calais Community Hospital Auxiliary voted last week to permanently close the hospital's Coffee and Gift Shop effective June 30, 2026. The decision comes amid declining volunteer participation, reduced
Jon Reisman One iconic scene from Casablanca features Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains) shutting down Rick Blaine’s (Humphrey Bogart) club on Nazi threats/orders. Renault announces he is closing the club because he is shocked to discover there is gambling going on, immediately after which a croupier presents him
WINNING TEAM During May the ladies of the St. Croix Bowling Club held their roll-offs and banquet. The winners of the 1st half played the winners of the 2nd half to determine the winners. The winning team was captained by Diane Burr and the runner-up team captained by
Jon Reisman In June of 1976, I was almost 20 and had just finished my junior year at Colby. I had added economics as a second major along with environmental studies, and had decided to pursue a graduate degree in economics. I had started my summer job as a canoeing/
[BREAKING] We have reports of the shots beings fired downtown Calais. Reports of Police shooting a suspect with a weapon. Reports are that this individual was known to police for previous altercations and was reported with Katana swords in downtown Calais, on corner of North and Main Street. Police shot
Zuri, Zoey, Zip and Zara are 12- to 14-week-old sweethearts who have been lovingly cared for in foster care.
Jon Reisman This is my last column before the June 9 primary. I’ve been simultaneously consumed by both fear and hope. I fear what the left will do to Maine if they retain power in Augusta and to the country if they flip the House (impeachment) and the Senate
Principal Pat Metta has announced the Top 10 students in the Class of 2026, sharing that each student has worked diligently to earn the distinction through academic excellence, determination, and a strong commitment to their future. She added that the students have continued to challenge themselves and pursue their goals
Jon Reisman Chief Deputy Secretary of State Katherine McBrien found that objections raised by Planned Parenthood and the Maine People's Alliance were sufficient to invalidate some 5,000 previously verified signatures and remove the Protect Girls Sports in Maine initiative to ban biological males from girls’ locker rooms
THE FOLLOWING ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE CALAIS ADVERTISER, MAY 17, 1979. Our neighbors across the international border will be celebrating Queen Victorias; birthday this coming weekend. Although it actually falls on the twenty-fourth of May, our Canadian friends will be marking it on Monday, May 21 in order to
Jacob helped place flags on veterans’ graves in the South Princeton Cemetery. (Photo by Amanda Diffin)
Jon Reisman Maine's May political and cultural newsfeed has been something of a firehose, making it difficult for this Statler and Waldorf intern to pick a particular policy topic amidst: • The JD Vance-led investigation of health care fraud/theft, mendacious Democrat corruption, oversight negligence/malpractice, and illegal
A female hummingbird in Princeton. (Photo by Donna Melanson)
This is our very much loved 3-4 year old Treewalker Hound, Rooster. Rooster is a very sweet boy with a lot of love and energy to share. Playful and intelligent, he requires an experienced family.
Jon Reisman If you had asked me about “AI” a decade ago, I probably would have responded with something about Bradypus tridactylus, the very slow-moving, three-toed, arboreal, pale-throated sloth native to South American rain forests in Venezuela, Suriname, Guyana, and Brazil. (Forgive me, one of the courses
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