2012
Frustration mounts over Coast Guard building problems
Frustration over the growing list of problems with the Eastport Coast Guard Station building was vented by Eastport Port Authority board members at their October 16 meeting.
Edward French
2012
Towns weigh impact of AOS withdrawal
AOS #77 board members and residents of towns in the Sunrise County School System, at an October 17 meeting of the AOS board in Perry, expressed their unhappiness that Calais and possibly Eastport are considering leaving the AOS. Calais residents will be voting during the general election on November 6
2012
Calais and Eastport weighing options to withdraw from AOS
The move by the Calais City Council and school board to see if the city's residents want to withdraw from AOS 77 has prompted the Eastport school board also to begin the process for withdrawing from the regional school district.
2012
Coast Guard conducts joint rescue drills in bay
The Canadian and U.S. Coast Guard participated in two days of joint search and rescue exercises this week in the Passamaquoddy Bay area, with simulated rescues of eight missing kayakers and of seven people in a boat that had swamped.
2012
Auditor relays how city dug itself out from financial hole
“I have a high degree of confidence that fraud has not taken place in the city office,” stated Doug Hollingsworth, the auditor for the City of Eastport, during a city council workshop on September 6.
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.