IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN
IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN. Nick Ampungan dives into the water at the Eastport breakwater on a particularly hot day. (Edward French photo)
August 10, 2006
Front Page Stories
Signal sent out to find home for Sparkplug
The government is about to give away the Sparkplug, the historic lighthouse in the Lubec Channel.
Dog attack leaves sheep dead; owners shaken over loss
On Saturday morning, August 5, Paula and Steve Farrar of Charlotte left their house at 8 a.m. to tend some of the animals at their Done Roving Farm and Carding Mill on the Charlotte Road. As Steve Farrar approached the sheep pasture, he saw that a lamb had been killed.
Island tension running high with riot fallout
The atmosphere has been tense and emotions are running high on Grand Manan in the wake of the now infamous July 22 riot that left a Cedar Street house in ashes and a suspected drug dealer and his entourage badly beaten.
Creative Apparel workers face uncertainty with layoff decision
Workers at the Creative Apparel plant in Eastport were informed during the week of July 31 that they will be laid off, at least temporarily, because of a drop in orders...
'60 Minutes' drops in Downeast for story on Netflix
In 38 years as the premier television newsmagazine, "60 Minutes" had never visited the most easterly corner of the country C until last week.