2016
FERC licensing of four St. Croix dams debated
The decades-long debate over federal licensing of Woodland Pulp's storage dams on the St.
Edward French
2016
Petition seeks two-year terms for tribal chief and vice chief--Chief Fred Moore
The ongoing turmoil in the tribal government at Sipayik is continuing, with the four tribal councillors who had suspended Chief Fred Moore from his administrative duties now also acting to suspend the administrative authority of Vice Chief Vera Francis.
2016
EPA proposal would hit mill, St. Croix River towns
New water quality standards proposed by the federal government for the St. Croix River could cost the Woodland Pulp mill millions of dollars and also could affect a number of communities, including Baileyville and Calais, that discharge wastewater into the river.
2016
Port’s conveyor system baptized by salt
The first shipment of salt at the Port of Eastport was unloaded at a much faster rate than expected, and the much anticipated inaugural use of the $10 million bulk conveyor system, after an initial glitch, went off without a hitch.
2016
Eastport issues notice to quit to boatbuilder
The dispute between the City of Eastport and Millennium Marine USA over rent payments to the city and money owed to Millennium has now boiled over to the point that the city has told the boatbuilding firm to leave the city-owned Guilford mill building by July 19, while Millennium President Cory...
2016
Sturgeon reshuffle breakwater work
First it was seals, porpoises and whales and now it's sturgeon and salmon that are limiting the timing of work on the two-year $15 million Eastport breakwater renovation.
2016
Dispute over clam digging spurs proposal
A proposal to limit the number of non-resident clam diggers to 10% of the resident number in Perry and Pembroke led to a very heated meeting of the shellfish committee for the two towns on May 12.