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.
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
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
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
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
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.