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Edward French

2010

Goldman Sachs to sell interest in Calais LNG

Calais LNG stunned opponents of the project for the second time in a week, with its announcement on July 21 that its financial backer, GS Power Holdings LLC, which is a subsidiary of Goldman Sachs, is selling its interest in the project.

2010

Budget proposes 8.1% increase in Eastport mill rate

Eastport residents would see an 8.1% increase in their property tax rate under the proposed fiscal year 2011 budget for the city. The $4.25 million total budget is actually $625,000 less than last year's budget.

2010

Port looks east with dairy cow shipments

The new frontier is looking east, as the successful loading at the Port of Eastport of 475 dairy cows bound for Turkey makes future shipments of over 8,000 more cows through the port to that Middle Eastern country very likely.

2010

No-cut list for rockweed may restrict harvest

A rapid increase in the number of landowners who do not want rockweed cut on their shorefront in Cobscook Bay appears to be limiting the harvest this season for those companies that are respecting the landowners' wishes.

2010

Swallowtail among lighthouse sites declared surplus by DFO

One of the iconic symbols for not only the region but perhaps Canada is among the nearly 1,000 lighthouses that the federal government has decided it no longer wants to maintain. Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island is among the 32 active lighthouses.

2010

Board for new school system sets lively tone

Following some squabbling and procedural debates, the new Sunrise County School System was brought forth into the world without too much kicking and screaming at the first meeting of the board for alternative organizational structure (AOS) 77. After the three-and-a-half-hour, not-too-painful delivery of the bouncing new school system, board member

2010

Nurse’s license revoked because of patient’s death

Two and a half years after the death of Reid Emery outside the Down East Community Hospital, a state board has revoked the nursing license for the nurse supervisor at the hospital who allowed Emery, who was elderly, disoriented and heavily medicated, to be discharged during a severe snowstorm...