2013
Home at Sipayik destroyed by fire
A five‑bedroom home on Warrior Road in Pleasant Point was a total loss after a fire of unknown origin started on Sunday, October 20, around 10:30 p.m.
Edward French
2013
Moratorium on water removal sought in Perry
In response to a 10-day pump test that withdrew perhaps five million gallons of groundwater and caused several wells to be drawn down or to go dry, the Town of Perry is seeking to enact a 180-day moratorium on any large-scale groundwater extraction.
2013
Cell tower approved by board following contentious hearing
After a four-hour Whiting Board of Appeals hearing on October 1 with over 60 residents attending to hear why four residents of Yellow Birch Road were appealing a planning board decision to approve a permit for U.S.
2013
Sea urchin fishermen find slim pickings
Sea urchin fishermen are finding slim pickings in Cobscook Bay since the Maine Zone 2 season opened on October 1. This year boats are limited to no more than seven totes per day, but Maine Marine Patrol officer Russell Wright reports that some draggers didn't even get that amount on the first day.
2013
Truth, reconciliation commission makes first visit at Sipayik
At the first meeting of the Maine Wabanaki-State Child Welfare Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) with members of a Native community, held September 24 at Sipayik, Belinda Miliano-Bernard, who was placed as a child in a non-Native foster home, said she feels "vulnerable when I talk about...
2013
Tribe’s finance director fired in identity cloud
A convicted embezzler who was the ringleader of a group that stole more than $2.
2013
Ferry rescues three divers in Old Sow
Three divers who got caught in the Old Sow whirlpool off Deer Island Point were very lucky that the local ferry was passing nearby and that the fog had just lifted so that they could be spotted in their distress.