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Lora Whelan

2016

Council supports deer hunt proposal

At a special public hearing and meeting held on August 24, the Eastport City Council voted four to one in favor of sending a plan for a special archery hunt for antlerless deer to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife (MDIF&W).

2016

Updated flood maps may hit shoreland owners

Shoreland property owners in Washington County are urged by municipal leaders to check in with their local code enforcement officers to review the status of their properties against new Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) flood maps.

2016

Cooperative effort opens waterway to alewife passage

A cooperative and multi-year effort between the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), Project Share and the Passamaquoddy Tribe will allow for the watershed from the St. Croix River to Nash's Lake to be open for alewife passage.

2016

Options eyed for St. Ann’s Church

The brick church that has served the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point for almost a century is under review by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland with two proposals on the table, one for demolition and building new or one for partial demolition and renovation.

2016

WWI veterans from tribe to be recognized

The Passamaquoddy Tribe sent 25 men to fight in World War I, some of whom served in the Yankee Division Company I, says Tribal Historic Preservation Officer Donald Soctomah.

2016

Visitors take time to lend a hand -- Eastport Maine

There must be something in the Moose Island air, or maybe it's just that the island city seems to bring out the best in people.

2016

Maker and Howard face off in primary election

In the Tuesday, June 14, primary election in Maine, Washington County voters will face only one contested race, in the Republican primary for State Senate District 6.