Edward French

Two sites along the Washington County coastline are among the seven areas being considered to test new offshore wind technologies in Maine.

Maine Indian Education (MIE) is negotiating to purchase the Downeast Heritage Museum building in Calais to rebuild it as a Native American museum and cultural and economic development center. The heritage museum has struggled since its opening in 2004 with severe financial difficulties.

With increasing pressure for the provincial government to drop its plan to reduce the Deer Island ferry service to only one vessel for a four and one-half month period each year, the area's representative in the New Brunswick legislative assembly maintains that an announcement will be made soon...

Several land conservation proposals in Washington County will be considered by the Land for Maine's Future Board at a meeting scheduled for July 14. The meeting will be held at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole at 1:30 p.m.