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Kara Mitchell

2008

Fewer visit Quoddy region

"I might as well have been closed this summer," says Jack Willson of South Bay Campground in Lubec. "Our summer has been off 60% from last year, and I can't even pay expenses. I'm planning to sell." Willson says each summer has become worse,

2008

Fewer visit Quoddy region

Campobello saw a great reduction in the number of tourists from the United States this season, and most of the attractions, lodgings and other businesses saw a concomitant reduction in the level of business. A number of factors were cited for the drop in cross-border visitors, with Tori Cunningham of

2008

Fishermen protest harvesting of rockweed in Cobscook Bay

Fishermen, wrinklers and lobstermen joined environmental activists on Saturday, July 19, at the Lubec harbor to protest against the harvesting of rockweed in Cobscook Bay. The unlikely allies maintain that the harvesting has and will damage the bay and the Gulf of Maine, into which it empties.

2008

Rails-to-trails track removal sparks protest

"This is just another Baldacci boondoggle foisted on the people of Washington County," said a protester in Machias, where the railroad tracks were being removed to make way for the Downeast Sunrise Trail.

2008

Lubec budget fails in referendum vote

Lubec voters defeated the proposed 2008B2009 MSAD 19 budget in voting on Tuesday, June 10, by eight votes, with 136 in favor and 144 opposing the budget. The $2,050,000 budget had been approved at a public meeting five days before but went down to defeat in the state-mandated second vote.

2008

Megabucks jackpot to send Lubec man's two sons to college

Larry Burns of Lubec hasn't had time to figure out everything he wants to do with his nearly $10 million Megabucks jackpot, but one thing he is sure of. "Yesterday there was a tuition increase on the front page. Before, had I seen it, it would have been very depressing.

2008

Tax hikes aim to ease school budget woes

The MSAD 19 Board of Directors in Lubec, at a meeting on May 13, voted to approve and send to town meeting voters a budget that would reduce spending by over 7%, but increase the amount to be raised by local taxes for the school budget by nearly 11% compared to the current year.