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Edward French

2012

Calais considering steps to leave AOS

The Calais School Committee has asked the superintendent of AOS #77, James Underwood, to work with the Maine School Management Association to estimate the cost to Calais if the city withdraws from the AOS and sets up its own school district.

2012

Joint council votes to disburse $10.2 million to tribal members

Passamaquoddy tribal members each received $2,891 on July 20 from a multi-million settlement from the U.S. government, after the Joint Tribal Council voted 10 to 3 at a July 16 meeting to disburse the funds to all tribal members on the Pleasant Point and Indian Township census rolls.

2012

Speakers decry cuts at DFO’s biological station

Speakers at a July 18 public forum on the impact of significant federal cuts at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' (DFO) St. Andrews Biological Station (SABS) described the station as a "poster child" for what is happening across the country. More than 150 people attended the forum...

2012

Passage rights by U.S. boats again disputed

Free passage into Canadian waters around Passamaquoddy Bay appears to have ended, as U.S. boaters recently have been stopped by Canadian officials while they have been in Canadian waters and told they must obtain clearance, even if they do not intend to land in Canada.

2012

Chiefs declare emergency in St. Croix River

Prompted by a sacred run calling attention to the plight of the alewife in the St.

2012

Last Grand Manan seiner sinks

The last purse seiner on Grand Manan, the <em>Moon Raker I</em>, sank early in the morning on June 2, after hitting Bull Rock. The rock is located about six miles southwest of Southwest Head, Grand Manan, about midway between Gannet Rock and Machias Seal Island, near the Murre Ledges.

2012

Sacred run to trace alewife spawning run

A spiritual run by Passamaquoddy tribal members will mirror the indigenous alewife run up the St. Croix River to recognize the importance of the fish to the river's watershed and to draw attention to 17-year blockage of the fish run by the Maine Legislature.