Jayna Smith

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Even though area high schools had to hold basketball games without any fans present, First National Bank kept its First Hoop campaign alive for another season.  Last week, the Calais branch made a donation of $2,500 to Calais High School for the school’s athletics program.

Jayna Smith

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With the pandemic impacting sports across the nation, cheerleading was no exception.  At Calais High School, the squad was missed on the sidelines during this year’s basketball season, but with many rules in place, the group was able to take part in competitions – virtual competitions, that is.

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The popular eatery Crumbs is set to reopen at a new location, with a new look, and with a slight change to its name.  Crumbs Cafe & Bake Shoppe is now officially Crumbs Cafe & Coffee Bar and has moved to the other end of downtown, to 405 Main Street, right across from the triangle park.  The cafe will reopen at 7 a.m. on Thursday, April 1.

Kaileigh Deacon 

Almost a year after construction was initially set to begin, the McDonald’s in Calais has a definite date for the demolition of the current restaurant. Back in November 2019, the Calais Planning Board heard a proposal about the plans to demolish the current building and start construction on a new one, which they approved for an estimated construction date of April 2020. With restrictions due to COVID-19, construction was delayed with no new start date planned. 

On Palm Sunday,  March 28 at 2 p.m. men, women and children from Saint Kateri Parish met to re-enact our Lord’s ultimate sacrifice on Good Friday. (Photo by Pierre Little)

Jayna Smith

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Last week, Ian Pratt, of Pratt Family Dealership, presented a $500 donation to Barbara Barnett, Director of Volunteer Services at Down East Hospice Volunteers (DEHV).  The donation is for sponsorship of the Cobscook Bay Races - Challenge 2021.

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Calais High School’s Cassidy Carr, a junior, was inducted into the school’s chapter of National Honor Society (NHS) earlier this year.  Now, Cassidy has been chosen to serve at the state level as Public Relations Coordinator of National Honor Society of Maine.

Natalie Boomer 

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New children’s librarian Skye Green and director Joyce Garland have been hard at work thinking of new ways to get kids involved in activities at Calais Free Library, all while keeping them safe and healthy throughout the remainder of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Jayna Smith

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All Spectrum customers were without internet and tv service for part of the evening on Monday.  An outage occurred that lasted approximately three hours. Spectrum reported that the outage occurred to its customers nationwide as a result of two separate fiber breaks in its network.

Jayna Smith

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Hundreds of kids from the greater-Calais area came out Saturday morning in pursuit of treat-filled Easter eggs.  About 75 residences and nearly 20 businesses and organizations participated by placing plastic-filled eggs around their homes, their businesses, their churches, or at parks.