2011
Tribe to drill test wells for water supply
Test wells to explore the feasibility of developing a new source of water for Eastport, Pleasant Point and part of Perry are expected to be drilled in Perry within the next month.
Edward French
2011
New online tribal dictionary to help keep language alive
A new Passamaquoddy language program is creating a different kind of dictionary -- one that you can hear and see -- to help keep the language alive and teach the younger generation to become fluent speakers.
2011
Divers locate sunken boat in Cobscook Bay
A dragger that sank near Falls Island in Cobscook Bay was located by the Maine State Police dive team on Thursday, January 20. The Miss Priss had sunk almost a year before -- on January 23, 2010, after hitting a submerged object.
2011
Casinos and school funding targets of bills
Area legislators are putting bills in the hopper to address issues ranging from allowing gambling proposals such as a casino for the Passamaquoddy Tribe to proceed, to authorizing the City of Eastport to sell the Boat School property.
2011
Farmed fish escape leads to renewal of call for changes
Approximately 138,000 juvenile salmon were lost in late December from a fish farm off Grand Manan after high winds tore the netting on the cages. The losses occurred at two new cages at an Admiral Fish Farms site off Pumpkin Island, near White Head Island.
2011
Filipino workers on Deer Island adding to county’s cultural mix
Charlotte County is becoming a community with a wide diversity of cultures, as people are coming from countries ranging from Asia to eastern Europe to work mostly in the county's fish plants.
2011
Scallop area closure draws mixed reaction
The Department of Marine Resources' compromise to close part of Cobscook Bay to scallop dragging, because of the lack of legal-size scallops and the large amount of seed, is finding a mixed reaction Downeast, with some fishermen maintaining that the entire bay should have been closed and some...