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.
Edward French
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.
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.