Gail Menzel

David Etnier, deputy commissioner for the Department of Marine Resources (DMR), announced at the Cobscook Fisheries Forum in Eastport on October 18 that the agency has begun discussion of possible new regulations governing rockweed harvesting in Maine.

More than 90 angry fishermen attended a Department of Marine Resources (DMR) hearing in Machias on October 9 to protest the agency's proposed new regulations for the scallop fishery.

When Marion Transfer Station (MTS) directors met September 9, their prepared agenda included, under 'New Business,' a presentation by Edward Dugay of Cherryfield on a 'proposal to take MTS waste and turn it into fuel.

Belts will tighten at the Pembroke Elementary School in September to help deal with a $91,380 loss in state subsidy. Superintendent Terry Lux and two members of the school committee met with Pembroke selectmen June 23 to present the budget that voters will consider at the annual town meeting...

A domestic drama is told in images that were recorded this spring by amateur photographer Andy Slater at a spot that's been a sightseer's magnet for two decades -- the eagles' nest on the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge near the intersection of Route 1 and the Charlotte Road.

County commissioners heard a presentation at their June 5 meeting by F.J. Moore Associates promoting a waste-to-energy plan they say could solve Washington County's trash disposal problem and at the same time provide a new source of electricity for local consumers.