August 22, 2013
Front Page Stories
Festivals to cook up fun
The 27th annual Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival will be held on Labor Day weekend, Friday, August 30, through Sunday, September 1.
Festivals to cook up fun
The eighth annual Eastport Pirate Festival will be held on Friday to Sunday, September 6, 7 and 8, and will feature food, fun, fireworks and lots of family-friendly entertainment.
"We are offering some new and different activities, especially on Sunday," says Chris Brown, Eastport Pirate Festival co-chair. "
Pet parrot sets sail, prefers landlubber status over treetops
Parrots and their pirates will be making landfall in Eastport for the Pirate Festival, but one Eastport-based parrot's adventures in the wilds have him forgoing the swashbuckling lifestyle.
New breakwater proposal outlined
Plans for a new Eastport breakwater to replace the present 50-year-old structure, which the Maine Department of Transportation has concluded has reached the end of its useful life, were presented at a meeting on August 8 at Shead High School.
Calais voters to weigh in on school budget
Calais voters will turn out once again to signal their approval or disapproval of the school system budget amount of $8,379,834 recommended by the Calais City Council.
MITSC reports humanitarian crisis in tribes
The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (MITSC) has forwarded documents to a United Nations investigator that the commission says show a humanitarian crisis facing Wabanaki tribes in Maine caused by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (MICSA) and the Maine Implementing Act (MIA).
THE 8TH ANNUAL BLACKFLY BALL,
THE 8TH ANNUAL BLACKFLY BALL, hosted by the Beehive Design Collective at the Machias Valley Grange Hall on August 17, was a fantastic dress-up dance party for all. (Robin Farrin photo)
A MIGRANT WORKER
A MIGRANT WORKER from Mexico rakes blueberries in Whiting under a pleasant August sun. A near-average crop is being predicted this year for Maine's wild blueberries. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo) Subscribe to Quoddy TidesRates: $30 per year within Washington County $35 per year outside Washington CountyCanadian customers: $35