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J.D. Rule

2013

Local marathon participation runs high

The finish line was on Lubec's Water Street, but the starting point was at the West Quoddy Head Light, and also a year earlier. Four hundred and forty-seven runners completed the first Bay of Fundy International Marathon on June 23, and another 270 finished the 10-kilometer race.

2013

Fundy marathon gains international and local interest

“I had to decide,” says John Hough, race director for the upcoming Bay of Fundy International Marathon, "between running the marathon or running the marathon.

2013

Border fee proposal creates concern on Campobello council

Campobello Mayor Stephen Smart doesn't mince words. Speaking at the monthly council meeting on April 29, he observed, "We're a little different than anybody else.

2013

Town officials raise questions on LCOC plans for wing use

Addressing a group composed mostly of supporters, members of the board of directors of the Lubec Community Outreach Center (LCOC) presented their vision for the future use of the former Lubec High School facility.

2013

Public controversy over rockweed bill voiced in Augusta

Thirty-three individuals spoke at the March 20 hearing by the legislature's Marine Resources Committee on a bill that would require the development of a statewide approach to seaweed management and would scrap the existing law creating the Cobscook Bay Rockweed Management Area that was...

2013

Cap on elver licenses for tribe debated

Nearly 20 people traveled to Augusta on March 6 to testify before the legislature's Marine Resources Committee on a bill that would cap the number of elver fishing licenses issued by the Passamaquoddy Tribe.

2013

Lubec board rejects bid for food pantry in high school wing

By a unanimous vote, Lubec's MSAD 19 school board has rejected the request by the Lubec Community Outreach Center (LCOC) to utilize the closed high school wing for food pantry operations.