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Edward French

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...

2010

BIA cancels Quoddy Bay LNG’s Split Rock lease

Quoddy Bay LNG's land lease with the Passamaquoddy Tribe for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at Pleasant Point was cancelled by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) late last month.

2010

School board eyes cutting 10 positions in budget proposal

Teachers, city officials and members of the public turned out on May 12 for a budget workshop at Shead High School during which the Eastport School Committee recommended cutting 10 positions, which would amount to $265.422.78 in savings for the 2010-2011 budget.