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Edward French

2011

Tribe again rolls dice for Calais racino

The Passamaquoddy Tribe is ramping up campaign efforts for the November 8 statewide vote on a tribal racino in Calais. The question on the ballot has the Washington County project linked with a proposed racino in Biddeford.

2011

Birchbark canoe building links tribe to ancestral roots

The building of birchbark canoes is a legacy that was close to disappearing but is now much more alive, following a hands-on program to replicate a 19th century Passamaquoddy canoe that involved over 50 people in its construction during the month of August.

2011

PWD eyes options to fix water supply problems

The Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD) is moving ahead with plans to resolve problems with its water supply so that another boil order will not occur in the future.

2011

Farmed salmon in rivers lead to call for closed containment

A salmon conservation group is calling again for closed containment systems for salmon aquaculture following the recent discovery of escaped farmed salmon in two area rivers. Although the number of fish found in the Magaguadavic River near St.

2011

Woodland Pulp weighs plans for LP mill

The corporate owner of the pulp mill in Baileyville has acquired from the Louisiana-Pacific (LP) Corporation the former oriented-strand board (OSB) mill that is next to the pulp mill.

2011

Investigation ongoing of guns, ammunition hidden on yacht

An ongoing criminal investigation into whether the owner of a yacht seized by federal agents while it was aboard a freighter in Eastport was trying to illegally ship guns and ammunition out of the county should be completed within 90 days.

2011

Lawsuit alters access rights across beaches

A recent Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling in an Eastport case is being viewed by some as fundamentally altering the law on the public's right to use privately owned intertidal areas, while others see the decision as still narrowly limiting those rights.