2013
Alewives’ return to St. Croix celebrated
Alewives were welcomed home to the St. Croix River watershed, after a 19-year absence from 98% of their historic spawning grounds, during a ceremony at the Grand Falls dam on June 5.
Edward French
2013
Educators: Grading system fails schools
In a busy high school of 160 students, two junior class students out of a class of 10 decide not to take the four‑year college admissions test, the SAT. They aren't planning to go to a four‑year college. Instead they're planning to pursue technical
2013
Cooke fined $500,000 for pesticide use
A Cooke Aquaculture subsidiary will pay $500,000, one of the largest and most significant penalties ever levied in Canada under the Fisheries Act, for using an illegal pesticide at salmon farms that led to lobster deaths around Deer Island and Grand Manan.
2013
First wood chip shipment eyed for next month
The first shipment of wood chips through the port of Eastport is expected to occur next month, as a contract was expected to be signed this week for exporting the wood biomass to Nova Scotia.
2013
Debate over highway plan set to ramp up
The debate over the proposed east-west highway in Maine is expected to heat up at the end of this month, as the legislature will be holding a hearing on six bills that range from ending the state funding to study the project to requiring the state to look at improving existing roads and...
2013
Wood chip exports, imports at Eastport could start in June
Wood chips may be shipped through the port of Eastport for the first time as early as June, as a new contract is being eyed that would include both the exporting and importing of wood biomass.
2013
Tribe and state seek elver fishery resolution
The dispute between the state and the Passamaquoddy Tribe over the issuance of elver fishing licenses has simmered down this past week, as both Maine and tribal officials continue meeting to reach a resolution.