LOBSTER TRAPS
LOBSTER TRAPS are loaded onto the Triple Trouble at the Eastport breakwater on April 19, for setting at the start of this year's season. (Edward French photo)
April 22, 2021
Front Page Stories
Three arrested after Pembroke home invasion
Three suspects were arrested for robbery following a high-speed chase after they tied up and assaulted a Pembroke man in his home early Sunday morning, April 18.
Repair work brings home's history to life
The old farmhouse at 5 Mitchell Street in Eastport resonates with charm. It helps that it has a peaceful if windswept location atop what was once known as Grady's Hill overlooking Passamaquoddy Bay.
Machias landmark may be turned into brewery, restaurant
‘We want to honor the history of this property while making good use of it as an economic engine for the region," says Kathryn Toppan, one half of the husband wife team that is looking to transform a historic landmark in Machias into a successful business.
Historic flight still shrouded in mystery after biplane vanished
The disappearance 94 years ago this May of the White Bird biplane and its two pilots -- possibly in Washington County, Maine -- remains an unsolved mystery of aviation history.
Bill proposal stirs up debate on aquaculture
The decades-long debate over the leasing of Maine's coastal waters for aquaculture and the possible displacement of some traditional fisheries, particularly the lobster fishery, again came to the fore during an April 13 public hearing before the legislature's Marine Resources Committee on a...
Added rules to cross border upset islanders
Campobello residents appear ready to fight the latest electronic hoop through which they must jump to get off and back on their island.
HAVING FUN
HAVING FUN on their scooters on a spring day in Eastport are Teddy Bishop, 7, and his sister Frances, 5, of Seal Cove, Maine. They were visiting their grandparents, Bob and Jeanne Peacock, in the island city. (Edward French photo)