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Edward French

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...

2012

Consortium begins dialogue to tackle prescription abuse

Calling the misuse of prescription pain medication "an epidemic across the country," Maine Medical Association Executive Vice President Gordon Smith introduced a roster of speakers prepared to address the problem.

2012

Federal Marine may sign for wood chip contract

Although the Eastport Port Authority board voted at its November meeting to operate the bulk storage yard at the port, Federal Marine Terminals has presented a proposal to the board to operate the yard itself.

2011

Closure of bay to scalloping being weighed

Some 83 scallop draggers are finding high prices but slim pickings in Cobscook Bay this year, and many fishermen are asking that the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) close the bay, or perhaps the entire Maine coast, for the rest of the season to allow the resource to recover.