2014
Plow crews struggle to keep up
Four snowstorms dumped 76 inches of snow -- nearly six and a half feet -- on Eastport in just over a week.
Edward French
2014
Funding for new Pleasant Point school building finally approved
“I felt I never would set one day in a new school. I just think it's great for these kids,” says Beatrice Rafferty School Principal Michael Chadwick,...
2014
Port authority eyes partnership to save Eastport Boat School
The Eastport Port Authority is discussing with the Friends of the Boat School possible options to take over the facility in order to help return educational programs there.
2014
Transfer of piers being studied
Like the ugly Christmas sweater that nobody wants, the Eastport breakwater, following its partial collapse, is public infrastructure that gets regifted. The current owner, the City of Eastport, is trying to pass the breakwater and the fish pier off to the port authority...
2014
Breakwater bids higher than expected
The Eastport Port Authority is planning to scale back on the scope of the breakwater rebuilding project, by eliminating at least for now a wave-protection wall, as the lowest bid for the project is $5.5 million higher than the current amount of funding.
2014
Bill proposals would assert rights of tribe
Legislation that would further assert the rights of tribes in Maine, including the right for tribal representatives to vote in the legislature and for the tribes to cooperatively manage the elver fishery with the state, is being proposed by the Passamaquoddy representative.
2014
Joint management of elver fishery proposed by tribe
The dispute between state and Passamaquoddy officials over management of the elver fishery and a license cap for tribal fishermen continued at a January 6 meeting in Augusta that was requested by Governor Paul LePage.