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Lora Whelan

2021

Council votes for reinstating police chief

A two and one half hour public appeal hearing held via Zoom by the Eastport City Council on the evening of January 4 has resulted in the council voting 4 1 to reinstate Eastport Police Chief Peter Harris, despite City Manager Thomas Hoskins telling the council, "It will be very challenging," if...

2021

Calais school board vote reveals student access issues

A vote and then a decision to rescind the vote by the Calais School Committee over remote student access to in person extracurricular activities is an example of the unprecedented challenges school boards, school staff, students and parents are encountering as they navigate the pandemic and try...

2021

Area healthcare facilities begin phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccinations

The first phase of COVID 19 vaccinations has begun in Washington County. Robert Long, the communications director for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), explains that Maine is following federal recommendations for vaccination planning.

2020

Resilient communities adapt to pandemic's impact this year

Looking back over the past year's front page headlines and photographs of The Quoddy Tides, the impact of COVID 19 is felt on almost every issue starting on March 13 when the top story about coronavirus preparations beginning in area was right above the news that county voters had upheld the...

2020

Neighbors are helped in spirit of season

Community members with budgets large and small, with roots in the county and from away, are digging deep to help their neighbors in need.

2020

Great-grandmother apple tree grows in Lubec

Tucked away from view at the Red Point Park in Lubec is what apple enthusiasts call a "great-grandmother tree." Her origin is most likely linked to the cellar hole right next door and the farm that was at one time owned by the A. Knight family.

2020

Earthquake hits as year goes out with a bang

On Wednesday, December 9, residents way Downeast may have heard and felt the telltale rumblings of a series of small earthquakes at 5:45 and 7:31 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. According to preliminary data collected by the United States Geological Survey, the earthquakes registered at 3.0 on the Richter...