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Edward French

2021

Downeast families relate their struggles dealing with COVID

With cases of COVID-19 continuing to spike in Washington County since the beginning of the fall, the virus is affecting more and more families Downeast. A total of 240 new cases were reported in the county in the past two weeks.

2021

Bills eye opioid, suicide crises and tribal rights

Bills to address the suicide and opioid crises in Washington County and to review state lands that are significant to the tribes in Maine will be considered during the second session of the 130th Maine Legislature.

2021

Basketball season rules set by board

Unlike some school board meetings in the state and the country where disagreements over COVID-19 health and safety requirements have become acrimonious, the Eastport School Committee debated mask wearing and pool testing requirements for the upcoming basketball season in a civil manner at its...

2021

Talk eyes tribal-state relationship and federal law

With the Maine Legislature still debating a tribal sovereignty bill that would reframe the relationship between the state and the tribes in Maine, an understanding of federal Indian law and how the state is an outlier in the country in its adversarial approach to the tribes was the focus of a...

2021

Audit reveals overpayments to tribal staff

The Passamaquoddy tribal government at Sipayik is under investigation by the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Inspector General concerning how millions of dollars in federal funds were spent on pay increases for tribal government employees during the first year of the pandemic.

2021

Fires destroy two landmarks in area; Dilapidated fish plant burns

The remains of the former Jackson Bros. fish plant and store in Wilson's Beach, Campobello, went up in flames on Sunday night, October 3, in a dramatic fire that could be seen from around the bay.

2021

Redistricting could weaken county’s voice

While Washington County may lose some representation in the state legislature with the new redistricting maps that were recently approved, whether the county, which lost more than 5% of its population in the past 10 years, will have less of a voice in Augusta is not yet clear.