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Edward French

2017

Tribal forest project helps slow climate change, generates revenue

The Passamaquoddy Tribe is now using most of its land in Maine that it acquired through funding from the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act both to slow the rate of climate change and to generate millions in revenue by offsetting emissions from polluters on the other side of the country.

2017

Legislative panel opposes UT school choice, transparency bills

Trescott and other area unorganized territory parents who were hanging their hats on a possible legislative remedy to the school choice issue will be disappointed in the votes taken by the legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee members on May 5.

2017

Coast Guard rescues kayaker on a mission

A kayaker who is heading from West Quoddy Head, Lubec, to Key West, Fla., on a mission is lucky to be alive after spending nearly an hour in the water when his kayak flipped over off Bailey's Mistake, Lubec, on Sunday, April 30.

2017

Forest City dam proposal riles area residents

Woodland Pulp's proposal to surrender its Forest City dam license has been met with stiff resistance by camp owners on East Grand Lake, the eighth largest lake in Maine, since removal of two of the dam's gates could drop the level of the 25-square-mile lake by over six feet.

2017

Local walk honors fallen heroes

A new film explores the newly discovered underground cities in northern France where World War I soldiers on both sides of the bloody trenches of the Western Front took refuge.

2017

Elver lawsuit points to lack of recourse for tribal members

A Passamaquoddy tribal member who has filed a lawsuit in tribal court over an elver fishery dispute believes his case may be dismissed because of the court's lack of jurisdiction.

2017

UT parents and administrators spar at hearing

A legislative hearing to provide school choice for students living in the unorganized territories (UT) pitched state administrators against local parents over who is looking out for the best interests of their children.