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Gail Menzel

2007

Mystery choppers stir up speculation

The cry of "incoming choppers" was heard throughout coastal Washington County the weekend of March 24. But it wasn't Radar O'Reilly alerting his MASH unit C it was local citizens pointing to two, or maybe more, helicopters flying at treetop levels, or maybe 40 feet above.

2006

State skips meeting on permit requests by LNG developer

In a two-hour public informational meeting on November 21 in Robbinston, Rob Wyatt, vice president for environment and permitting for Downeast LNG Inc.

2006

Museum files for bankruptcy, looks to future

Faced with an increasingly grim balance sheet, the Downeast Heritage Museum filed a petition of bankruptcy on September 14 at the federal court in Bangor. The board of directors hopes the court will restructure their current debt of $3.

2006

Quoddy area eyed for five tidal projects

Washington County continues to be flooded with proposals for projects related to the energy industry. Three potential terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG) have been advanced for sites...

2006

'60 Minutes' drops in Downeast for story on Netflix

In 38 years as the premier television newsmagazine, "60 Minutes" had never visited the most easterly corner of the country C until last week.

2006

Signal sent out to find home for Sparkplug

The government is about to give away the Sparkplug, the historic lighthouse in the Lubec Channel.

2006

Cutler project gets approval for feasibility study

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted approval to Tidewalker Associates to conduct a feasibility study for a combined tidal power plant and LNG terminal at the U.S. Navy antenna station in Cutler.