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Edward French

2013

Lobstermen face endline, traps per trawl rules

Reducing the impact of lobster lines on whales and limiting the resulting cost of gear changes to lobstermen will be the subject of hearings being held by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) next month in Maine.

2013

Calais shooting places focus on domestic abuse

The tragedy of domestic violence hit home in Washington County on July 3 when a 26-year-old Calais man shot 21-year-old Megan Sherrard, the mother of his child, and the infant boy.

2013

Teams testing spill response pour into area

In an exercise to test the joint U.S. and Canadian response to an oil spill along the border between the two countries, hundreds of federal, state and provincial responders assembled in Calais and Saint John last week. The Canuslant exercise is held every other year.

2013

Lines redrawn for legislative districts in area

The lines for Maine House and Senate districts are being redrawn, with the legislature having approved the new district lines that were recommended by a bipartisan Apportionment Commission.

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.

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.