CONDUCTING
CONDUCTING hoisting drills in Passamaquoddy Bay on March 24 were U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport's 47-foot motor lifeboat and a Coast Guard helicopter. (Don Dunbar photo)
April 08, 2021
Front Page Stories
Suicide prompts skatepark group to take action
The loss of any young life affects small communities deeply; when the loss is the result of suicide, the impact can be particularly distressing.
New offset agreement provides funds for tribe, protects species
The Passamaquoddy Tribe has entered into another environmental offset program that will generate funds for the tribe as its lands compensate for ecological impacts at other locations. With the tribe already having received millions through the carbon credit program...
New film by HBO film features Eastport among eight cities
The island city of Eastport is one of eight communities from around the country featured in a new HBO documentary directed by Academy Award nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan. Our Towns, which will debut Tuesday, April 13, at 9 p.m.
Island life recalled on 104th birthday
More than a century, 104 years, is a long time for just about anything. But when it comes wrapped in a Canadian smile from a person who can now claim she has lived through two pandemics and is Campobello's oldest resident, well, that person is just special.
Discarded whipped cream cans point to unsafe trend of huffing
In late March Eastport resident Tessa Chaffey Ftorek noticed a number of whipped cream canisters on the side of High Street near the cemetery and along outer Clark Street. When she went back to clean up the garbage, she was astonished at the number she collected -- over 55.
A SURE SIGN OF SPRING
A SURE SIGN OF SPRING. These newborn lambs, two of perhaps a dozen that may be born this season at Shofar Farms in Perry, are embraced by Rebekah Guiltner (left), holding Tiny Tim, and her sister Sarah, carrying Big Bertha. The Guiltner family's farm raises Icelandic sheep, which