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Edward French

2022

Bill would allow tribe to tap into Perry aquifer for drinking water

A legislative bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik garnered a great deal of support during a hearing by the legislature's Judiciary Committee on February 17, with over 100 people providing testimony in...

2022

Shipping downturn leads to layoffs for port's longshoremen

Almost all of the remaining longshoremen who work at the Port of Eastport are being laid off this month, as the downturn in shipping continues.

2022

Police reports reveal clues on shootings; Gang planned Machias killing

The Lubec woman who was killed at Bailey's Mistake earlier this month had been dead for up to nearly three days in the locked trunk of her car before being found, according to a police affidavit.

2022

Police reports reveal clues on shootings; Gang planned Machias killing

The shooting of a New York teenager in Machias in November was an ambushed killing involving members of two rival drug gangs, according to a police affidavit. In addition to four men believed to be out-of-state gang members, a local man is now also being charged in the shooting. Nathaniel

2022

Tribal culture-bearer remembered

A generous and unassuming Passamaquoddy man who has been one of the driving forces for the preservation of the tribe's language and culture passed away just before Christmas. Wayne Newell of Indian Township died on December 23 at the age of 79.

2022

Perry woman arrested for murder in shooting death of Eastport man

A 50-year-old Eastport man, Jason "Cowboy" Aubuchon, was shot in the head and killed in Perry the day after Christmas, and his 40-year-old former girlfriend, Danielle Wheeler, has been charged with murder.

2022

Lubec man accused of killing girlfriend arrested in Virginia

The discovery of a deceased woman believed to be from Lubec in the trunk of a car at Bailey's Mistake has led to the arrest of her boyfriend on a charge of murder.