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Edward French

2022

Legislative panel splits over tribe’s drinking water bill

A legislative committee was evenly divided on recommending a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik and Eastport.

2022

Debate continues over proposal by tribe to tap into Perry aquifer

Debate over a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik is continuing in the legislature, with tribal representatives claiming that the town's ordinance on water extraction is unconstitutional...

2022

Record number support tribal sovereignty bill

With over 1,500 people submitting testimony to a legislative committee -- possibly a record number -- in favor of an omnibus bill to restore tribal sovereignty, Governor Janet Mills' office may have felt a bit alone as the only voice in opposition.

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