2025
Shead graduate serves aboard hospital ship off coast of Africa
A former Eastport resident has just returned from an uplifting, humanitarian experience in Africa and has plans to take part in the endeavor again.
Edward French
2025
Local legislators, residents urge support for rural patrol funding
Washington County legislators and residents offered strong support for increasing rural patrol services in the county during a recent legislative hearing, pointing to the drug crisis, the county's having the second highest violent crime rate in the state in 2020 and elderly people now being...
2025
Two Addison fishermen perish on way home
A search for two Addison fishermen off the coast of Trescott and Cutler was suspended the evening of Sunday, January 19, after rescue crews combed over 950 square miles of ocean and coastline.
2025
Tribe’s revenue from online sports betting stirs questions
Since the launch in November of 2023 of a sports-betting partnership with DraftKings, the Passamaquoddy Tribe has earned nearly $30 million in revenues, more than five times the amount generated for the three other tribes in Maine, according to figures provided by the state.
2025
Owner to rebuild fire-damaged Bluebird Motel
The Maine Fire Marshal's Office has classified the fire that burned a portion of the 40-unit Bluebird Motel in Machias on the night of December 24 as being of undetermined origin because of the extent of the destruction.
2025
Bills set focus on rural patrol and DA district
Washington County legislators are revisiting some issues that they previously have been thwarted in getting enacted by the legislature, including increasing rural law enforcement coverage and having a separate district attorney for the county.
2024
Cruise ships plan to bring 55,000 visitors to Eastport next year
More and larger cruise ships, with passenger numbers that are more than three times the city's population, are scheduled to arrive in Eastport next year.