At a special dinner ceremony at the St. Croix Knights of Columbus Hall on Sunday night, Calais Celtic Concert Director Tom MacDonald presented a check for $1,000 to the officers of the council for their High School Scholarship Fund. Each year the Knights of Columbus give out high school scholarships to both Woodland and Calais High Schools. For the past few years the scholarships have been funded by the Calais Celtic Concert Series. Left to right: Grand Knight George McLaughlin accepting the check from Calais Celtic concerts Director Tom MacDonald. (Submitted photo)

By Natalie Boomer 

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Every year members of the Knights of Columbus Council #149 join together for the annual Tootsie Roll Drive. 

Volunteers stand out in front of local businesses and other busy spots around town and offer Tootsie Rolls in exchange for donations. The donations go to people in Maine who live with mental or physical disabilities. 

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Ann Montgomery

Calais Regional Medical Services is pleased to announce that Dr. James Eshleman has joined the Family Medicine office.   He will be seeing patients at the CRMS practice on a part-time basis 2-3 days per week.   Dr. Eshleman spent over four decades at his family practice office in Norway, Maine.  Following retirement he was able to spend more time at his vacation camp in West Grand Lake.   However, after three weeks he decided full retirement was not for him and reached out to Calais Regional Hospital to offer his services.   

by Sarah Craighead Dedmon

Three people were killed and a fourth injured in a shooting rampage that took place at three locations in Machias and Jonesboro on the morning of Monday, Feb. 3. 

~Former Players Cochran and Torrey Speak of Beloved Coach~

By Jayna Smith

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Seventeen inductees will join the Maine Basketball Hall of Fame this year, with one of those being Coach Arnie Clark, who is being honored posthumously.  He passed away in August 2018.

By Kaileigh Deacon

As the ground freezes and snow starts to fall, the appearance of animals becomes more of a rare sight, and when people get a chance to see them they get excited. Oftentimes that excitement leads to people leaving food out for the animals, feeling they are helping.

Calais High School National  Honor Society towel drive for PAWS brought in 145 rolls of paper towels and 75 old towels and small blankets during their Annual Winter Carnival drive. Their recent used book drive brought in over 600 books for the Calais Free Library’s Used Book Sale Room. (Submitted by Anne Scott)

By Jayna Smith 

and Pierre Little

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After a recent update to the city council, Calais Regional Hospital’s CEO Rod Boula sat down with The Calais Advertiser, providing more specifics on the current state of the hospital.  

Claims he was told, “Once you take the uniform off, you’re not really a police officer anymore.”

By Jayna Smith

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A local police officer has been told he’s not allowed to carry his department-issued handgun while attending classes at Washington County Community College (WCCC).