A JUVENILE SNOW GOOSE
A JUVENILE SNOW GOOSE swims with a Canada goose in a Lubec pond. Maine is not a natural habitat for snow geese. (Loring Munson photo)
April 21, 2022
Front Page Stories
Tribes now garner strong support in state; Water legislation signed into law
Governor Janet Mills may have been sharpening her veto pencil for the Passamaquoddy Tribe's drinking water bill when legislators removed the bill from her office on April 19 and amended it, in order to address the governor's concerns.
Tribes now garner strong support in state; Sovereignty bill’s fate unclear
Wabanaki leaders and citizens, legislators and allies rallied in Augusta on April 20 to celebrate what they believe is a historic sea change in tribal state relations, as three bills affecting the tribes have received strong support in the legislature.
Report reveals state's effort to exterminate tribes
As the Maine state government is considering a sweeping tribal sovereignty measure, a recently released report reveals how early Maine governments sought to generate wealth from stolen resources of Wabanaki tribal lands and how state law has long sought to deny tribal sovereignty and to have...
Historic field station reopens with new mission
After three years of intense effort, the former Friedman Field Station in Edmunds on Cobscook Bay will reopen.
Enrollment error undercounted Lubec high school students
Lubec has seven more students than you know about," said AOS 77 Superintendent Kenneth Johnson, opening the April 7 school budget workshop, which was attended by all members of the school committee...
AT A RALLY
AT A RALLY in front of the State House in Augusta on April 25, a large crowd urged support for LD 906, a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into an aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik and Eastport. (Robin Farrin photo)