BORN WEIGHING A MERE ONE POUND, M
BORN WEIGHING A MERE ONE POUND, Minute the lamb now weighs a healthy three pounds on the Done Roving farm in Charlotte. (Chessie Johnson photo)
April 10, 2008
Front Page Stories
Zoning request for wood pellet silos approved
Following a hearing on April 8, the Eastport Zoning Board of Appeals unanimously approved a variance request from the Eastport Port Authority for three 125-foot silos for storing wood pellets at the Estes Head terminal.
Schools to face tough choices with severe state funding cuts
The Eastport and Lubec school systems will be facing some tough choices, as final state subsidy figures indicate a $344,741 cut in state funding for Eastport and a $293,322 cut for SAD 19 in Lubec.
Islanders halt sale of keeper's house at Swallowtail Light
A well-publicized meeting was held at the Grand Manan Community School on April 3, with about 100 people assembled to come up with ideas on how to save the Swallowtail Lighthouse keeper's house from being sold by the Grand Manan Village Council.
Irving seeks new vendor for former Eastport gas station
The company that owned a popular Eastport business that was destroyed in a February fire will not be re-opening. "Irving Oil has decided, upon careful consideration, not to rebuild its Eastport, Maine, location," states Harry Hadiaris, director of convenience retail for Irving Oil.
School consolidation reform possible after veto
Legislation that would amend the school consolidation law to allow for the formation of "super unions" had seesawed back and forth between victory and defeat in the Maine House of Representatives and Senate, before finally being approved by the legislature and then vetoed by Governor John...