Edward French

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.

Sea urchin fishermen in the Cobscook Bay area have been pleased with the number of urchins and the price they're receiving this year, although some still are chafing about the tote limit that was imposed by the state beginning last year.

A Pembroke seafood buyer is hoping to encourage more people to dig clams around Cobscook Bay and to rebuild the fishery by eventually offering a good, stable price for the product throughout the year.

Both reservations of the Passamaquoddy Tribe will have significant changes in leadership, following tribal elections earlier this month. A former Passamaquoddy state representative, tribal police chief and tribal councillor will be the new tribal chief at Pleasant Point...