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Edward French

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.

2012

Commission approves license for Point Lepreau

Following public hearings last October and December, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced on February 17 its decision to renew the operating license for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station for a five-year period, until June 30, 2017.

2012

Communities wrestle with cuts to schools

While school officials try to figure out why preliminary state subsidy figures for almost all AOS #77 schools are showing such dramatic cuts in funding, Eastport and AOS school officials are making it clear that even if the city loses 75% of its state funding, as currently projected, Shead High...

2012

Tribe asserts rights to fish in offshore, near-shore waters

The Passamaquoddy Tribe is asserting its fishing rights in both near-shore and offshore waters, from Point Lepreau to Cape Ann, Mass., as it develops a new fisheries management plan that may place the tribe at odds with the state of Maine and the U.S. and Canadian governments.

2012

Local schools hit hard by cuts in subsidy

A sudden reversal of fortunes for area school districts hit school and municipal officials late last week, as preliminary state subsidy figures that had previously indicated districts would receive more funding now show almost all of them will lose funding.

2012

Off-island sale of license riles Grand Manan

The Grand Manan Fishermen's Association (GMFA) is asking the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to place an immediate freeze on all lobster license transfers to nonresidents of the island after a lobster license was sold outside Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) #38 to a company from the...