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Edward French

2014

Fishermen count blessings

An Eastport fisherman is a lucky man and the entire fishing community is counting its blessings after the catastrophic collapse of a large section of the Eastport breakwater at about 2 a.m. on Thursday, December 4.

2014

Daycare shortage hurts area families

The closure of four daycare homes in Calais within the past year has led to a shortage of child-care services for parents in eastern Washington County.

2014

Port authority floats plan for bridge to Eastport

Eastport Port Authority officials have begun initial discussions with representatives from the City of Eastport, the Passamaquoddy Tribe and the Town of Perry about the possibility of constructing a bridge from Perry to Eastport.

2014

New Brunswick lobster catches increase significantly this year

Lobster catches in southwest New Brunswick again are up significantly this year over last year, since the season opened on November 11.

2014

Tribe under sanction over lack of audits

The Passamaquoddy tribal government at Pleasant Point has been placed under sanction by the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for being delinquent on its audit reports.

2014

Local voting reflects nationwide mood in electing Republicans

Washington County voters reflected the statewide trend of electing Republican candidates to office, by even wider margins than the state percentages, and a new sheriff will be riding into the county, following the November 4 general election in Maine.

2014

Perry family's red-tape plight no end in sight

The recounting of a nearly eight-year-long effort by a Perry man in dealing with a bureaucratic nightmare to obtain birth certificates and Social Security numbers for his two children reads like a Kafka novel with an American catch-22 spin.