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Lora Whelan

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...

2020

Perry man helps preserve traditional land access

In 1968 Walt Loring of Perry was living in Texas. He was a young man branching out after growing up Downeast, but a call from his father set the stage for a lifelong effort to preserve his family's land Downeast.

2020

Greetings of love sung across river

Normally around this time Ann Margaret Paul drives her mother, Passamaquoddy Elder Maggie Paul, down from the St. Mary's First Nation near Fredericton for a visit with family and friends at Sipayik.

2020

PPP blunts economic impact of pandemic

The pandemic is having an effect on the Washington County economy but was blunted by the CARES Act's Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). In addition, because one quarter of the population receives Social Security benefits of one kind or another, the economy has been more stable than might be...

2020

Eastport airport groundbreaking points to future economic growth

A mile of road offers a mile of driving; a mile of airport runway can lead to anywhere. The sentiment of Cape Air Senior Vice President of Planning Andrew Bonney set the optimistic tone at the official groundbreaking ceremony celebrating the City of Eastport Municipal Airport's receipt of a $5.

2020

PWD planning new water quality project

The Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD) has entered into an agreement with the state's Drinking Water Program and the A.E. Hodsdon engineering firm to be the site of a pilot testing program to improve water quality.