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Lora Whelan

2017

City wrestles with irresponsible bow hunters during deer season

Just when the Eastport Deer Committee thought it was almost done for the year it found itself agreeing to take on more work. With the regular archery season that started on September 28 came some bad actors, usually younger and without the best of hunting skills.

2017

Millennium boat molds to go to public auction

A settlement agreement has been reached by Millennium Marine USA and the Washington County government that has as a part of its terms the public auction of four boat molds that were used by the former Eastport-based company.

2017

Hospital board focus of town hall questions

A row of chairs with name tags, reserved for the Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) board of directors, sat empty during the standing–room only town hall meeting that was organized by the Maine State Nurses Association on the evening of August 30 to allow community members to ask questions of CRH...

2017

Stored Solar reports significant decline in biomass purchases

The operating status of the Jonesboro and West Enfield biomass energy plants owned by Stored Solar LLC is uncertain, with three "known" lawsuits against the company, according to Professional Logging Contractors of Maine Executive Director Dana Doran.

2017

Audio dictionary aids tribe's language preservation efforts

The first-ever field research recordings of Native American spoken words were conducted with a Thomas Edison wax cylinder prototype on a small Passamaquoddy reserve that used to exist in the Union Street area of Calais. Passamaquoddy Historic Preservation Officer Dr.

2017

Natural resources, culture focus of cross-border tourism project

The Passamaquoddy Bay region shares more than its maritime culture. It shares a gateway entrance for tourism discovery for those on either side of the border.

2017

Perry voters reject school budget, ask board to try again

The Town of Perry School Committee will go back to the drawing board to work out details of the fiscal year 2017–2018 school budget after residents at the August 22 annual town meeting voted 44 to 30 by written ballot to turn down the budget.