Lora Whelan

The vandalism late on July 13 of the two recently painted rainbow crosswalks in downtown Eastport had a full house present at the July 14 Eastport City Council meeting.

When Perry resident Carol Bryan overhears someone mentioning how they've just discovered this wonderful place called Shackford Head State Park in Eastport, she feels a warm glow of happiness.

Despite inclement weather, Eastport's Fourth of July was celebrated with tenacity, stout rain gear and a positive attitude. Whitney Vinson, co-chair of the Fourth of July Committee, says that given the weather "it went fairly smoothly."

Over 5,000 patients of a number of Washington County healthcare organizations have had personal information possibly compromised by a data breach that occurred at CaptureRx in February. The HIPAA Journal describes it as a ransomeware data breach.