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Edward French

2006

Consolidation talk 'unconscionable,' says superintendent

At the March 7 meeting of the Eastport School Committee, Superintendent Arthur Wittine expressed his "extreme disappointment" about a meeting held recently in Baileyville to discuss the idea of consolidating the Eastport, Calais and Baileyville high schools.

2006

Wittine resigning as superintendent

School Union 104 Superintendent Arthur Wittine is resigning at the end of this school year to accept the superintendent's position for Union 93, which covers Blue Hill, Brooksville, Castine and Penobscot.

2006

Quoddy Bay and tribe sign tax agreement

A tax agreement between Quoddy Bay LNG and the two reservations of the Passamaquoddy Tribe was signed on Tuesday, March 6, a day after the Passamaquoddy Joint Tribal Council voted in favor of the agreement.

2006

New Brunswick seeks to halt FERC review of LNG projects

Two weeks after Canadian Ambassador Michael Wilson wrote to the U.S.

2006

Creative Apparel calls workers back at Eastport facility

Because of recent contract awards and expected awards, Creative Apparel will be bringing back laid-off stitching personnel at all of its plants in Maine, including the company's Eastport facility.

2006

Fishermen's forum debates support for lobster hatcheries

The question of whether the state should financially support lobster hatcheries and the recording of a significant decline in the number of commercial fisheries licenses in the Cobscook Bay area were among the topics discussed at the eighth annual Cobscook Fisheries Forum, held February 11 at...

2006

Herring rule changes allow midwater trawlers into fishery

The New England Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC) has approved an amendment to the Atlantic Herring Fishery Management Plan (FMP) that will allow over a dozen, large midwater trawlers into the Gulf of Maine fishery while eliminating a small Eastport-based purse seiner.