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Edward French

2012

Privatization decision shocks workers on Deer Island ferry

Deer Island residents were shocked and more than 20 workers on the government-run ferry between Deer Island and Letete are worried about their jobs after the New Brunswick government announced on April 18 that it had entered into an agreement to turn the service over to a private company.

2012

Tribal members weigh use of $12 million in settlement funds

While petitions have been signed by several hundred members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to have a recent multi-million settlement award from the U.S. government distributed among the tribal members, tribal councillors are pointing out that the money has not yet been received...

2012

Traditional skills adapted for tidal project

Sections of the first commercial tidal turbine in the U.S. are now being assembled in Eastport, with "water-breaking," instead of a ground-breaking, expected within about a week in the waters of Cobscook Bay.

2012

Council favors cut in scallop season

Maine’s Scallop Advisory Council (SAC), at a meeting on March 7 in Bangor, took initial votes to significantly reduce both the length of the scallop season and the daily catch limit, as the members wrestled with how to reopen the 10 conservation areas that have been closed to scallop fishing in...

2012

Six rockweed plans for bay submitted

Six companies or individuals who submitted plans last year to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to harvest rockweed in Cobscook Bay again have submitted plans for 2012.

2012

Timber Biofuel snags chip deal despite eleventh-hour appeal

The ongoing saga of what company may ship wood chips through the Port of Eastport took more twists and turns at the 11th hour, as the port authority board seemed at first willing to dance with Great Northern Timber, based in Halifax, then dropped that partner in favor of a new suitor, Timber...

2012

Port on brink of wood chip shipment deal

The Eastport Port Authority has reached a tentative agreement with Timber Biofuel Venture for the company to ship wood chips through the Port of Eastport.