2017
Disputes over elver fishery trigger suits by tribal fishermen
Passamaquoddy tribal members have filed two lawsuits over the elver fishery, stemming from disputes over late filings of landing reports from last year.
Edward French
2017
Quoddy quarry rock cut for Titanic headstones
A nearly 20-year search for the source of the black granite headstones that mark the graves in a Halifax cemetery of 149 victims of the sinking of the Titanic has led a retired geology professor, with the help of a local prospector, to find the quarry for the rock just outside St. Andrews.
2017
Syrian family tells of journey fleeing Aleppo
A father and mother and their two young children who lived just outside Aleppo, named Syria's Stalingrad... Ammar Saied says that the whole world watched on their televisions the bombing of Aleppo...
2017
Gas exposure at mill triggers CRH emergency response
A total of 16 contractors and two Woodland Pulp employees were exposed to chlorine dioxide gas during a planned maintenance outage at the mill at about 10 a.m. on February 16. Calais Regional Hospital emergency staff treated 14 of the victims.
2017
County residents rally to oppose prison closure
Washington County town officials, business leaders and employees at the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) joined county legislators in Augusta on February 15 to testify against a proposal by the LePage administration to close the Machiasport prison, which employs 50 people and houses up to...
2017
Arctic mining trucks land at port terminal
Four heavy-duty tractors and 16 tandem side-dump trailers are being trucked from as far away as Idaho into the Port of Eastport for shipment to a new mining operation in the Arctic.
2017
Passamaquoddy immersion classes aim to revive language
“Woli'spasuwiw!” the teachers and young students greet each other, as they say "Good morning" at the start of their Passamaquoddy language immersion class. Then they sing, "Woli spasuwihpultine," or "Let us have a good breakfast."