having grown up in and around machias, maine, which is about as far downeast as you can get, it’s with no small amount of amusement that i see that the fine folks at downeast.net are making the news by providing a hotzone in ellsworth.

ellsworth is about 45 minutes south west from machias and was considered to be the closest metropolis. i mean they actually had a mcdonald’s, an arby’s and a dunkin donuts. when lobster and clams were a dime a dozen, chicken mcnuggets were like manna from heaven.