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J.D. Rule

2020

Lubec board approves school budget’s sixth draft

In an emergency meeting held July 15, the Lubec school board approved the same draft 2020 2021 Lubec school budget that failed approval during the regularly scheduled meeting held a week earlier on July 9.

2020

Supervisor to be assigned on Campobello

The rural community of Campobello will be placed under the administration of New Brunswick authorities because of the local government's loss of membership on the elected council.

2020

Clammers hit hard by virus restrictions

Closures and restrictions implemented to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic have hit local shellfish harvesters particularly hard.

2020

Climate change and predator control eyed at shellfish forum

There were two major takeaways from the presentations given during Shellfish Focus Day at the Maine Fishermen's Forum, held March 5 at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. The first is that climate change has shifted the industry and that further shifts can be expected.

2020

Dueling campaign ads filmed in Lubec

Lubec has become the focal point of two opposing campaign advertisements hoping to sway voters considering U.S. Senator Susan Collins' reelection bid. One has aired, and the filming has been completed for the other.

2019

Clamdiggers seek to remove invasive crabs

The invasive European green crab continues to be a front‐burner issue for the Lubec Shellfish Conservation Committee, which met in a special session on December 13 to discuss an abatement possibility.

2019

Lubec receives $19.6 million for safe harbor

The Town of Lubec has been awarded $19.6 million to build a safe harbor for boats that will include a breakwater, mooring field, boat launch and floating docks.