2013
Calais shooting places focus on domestic abuse
The tragedy of domestic violence hit home in Washington County on July 3 when a 26-year-old Calais man shot 21-year-old Megan Sherrard, the mother of his child, and the infant boy.
Lora Whelan
2013
Opiate misuse leads to tools for prevention
Imagine a man or woman who has worked in the logging or fisheries industry for years. They have injured themselves or developed chronic work-related pain from repeated hard physical work.
2013
Calais city council wrestles with hole in school’s budget
It was a tense special meeting held by the Calais City Council on the evening of June 20. The council was in the unenviable position of having to come up with a fiscal year 2014 municipal budget that would keep the mill rate close to its current level of 23.
2013
Artistic Inspiration Downeast
Lobster gear sink rope that spent its short lifespan attached to lobster traps belonging to Trescott fisherman Channon Jones has found new life in New York City. His pot warp was among the 1.4 million feet of recycled lobster trap line collected for and used by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Orly Genger.
2013
Artistic Inspiration Downeast Artist earns honor
Artist Richard Van Buren was walking between his studio and house in Perry in late winter when his phone rang. On the phone was his art dealer. Van Buren relates, "He said, 'Where are you right now?'"
2013
Calais confronting $786,000 hike in school local share
AOS #77 Superintendent Jim Underwood did not mince words about the state of the Calais school budget while attending what was most likely his last meeting with the Calais School Committee on the evening of June 4.
2013
AOS to file lawsuit if Calais does not pay contract share
The AOS #77 school board will file suit against Calais if the city does not agree by May 23 to honor its 37% share of the remaining years of AOS Superintendent Jim Underwood's contract. The decision was made at the board's May 9 meeting.