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Edward French

2018

Tribe hosts canoe cultural day to help connect youth with bay

The first Passamaquoddy Canoe Cultural Day, held at Split Rock, Pleasant Point, on August 2, was hosted by the Sipayik Action Team to help connect the tribe's youth back to Passamaquoddy Bay and teach them how to canoe as their ancestors did and how to be safe while canoeing.

2018

Right whale disentangled by Campobello team

The effort to save the endangered North Atlantic right whale, with a population believed to be fewer than 450, was bolstered this week by the work of the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, which disentangled fishing gear from one of the whales, a 10-year-old male, off Grand Manan.

2018

Shead graduate eyes rowboat diplomacy in Korea

A 1989 Shead High School graduate is hoping that his trip around the Korean Peninsula in a rowboat built at the Boat School in Eastport can help focus attention on resolving the current standoff between North and South Korea. Fifteen years ago, former Eastporter Jonathan Cowles...

2018

Lack of ferry hits economy on Campobello

The lack of the seasonal ferry service between Deer Island and Campobello so far this year is having a significant impact on the number of visitors to Campobello and also on its residents, as the ferry had eliminated the need to cross the border to reach the Canadian island.

2018

Coast Guard’s plan for housing in Perry generates concerns

A proposal to establish housing for Coast Guard personnel stationed in Eastport on property in Perry generated some concerns at the July 11 meeting of the Perry Planning Board.

2018

Border Patrol's vessel checks raise concerns

The U.S. Border Patrol's intensive efforts during the past month to stop any vessels from the St.

2018

Whale sighting leads to early fishery closure

The decision by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to close early a productive lobster fishery area east of Grand Manan because of a reported sighting of an endangered right whale has angered fishermen. At 7 p.m.