Lora Whelan

A proposed expansion to the county courthouse, to be funded by the state to the tune of $8.5 million, has Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith voicing sharp opposition to the project. "I keep hearing that the state is broke," he says.

The Eastport City Council expects to hire Larry Post as the new city manager, replacing outgoing City Manager Jonathan Southern. At the April 10 council meeting council President Mary Repole introduced Post and said, "We're still in negotiations, but both the council and Mr. Post are committed."

Cory Guimond of Millennium Marine of Escuminac, N.B., will be setting up a boat-manufacturing facility in Eastport, beginning operations this year and eventually hiring approximately 50 people. The news of the awarding of a $1.4 million U.S.

If the Pennamaquan Tidal Power project meets all the permitting requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), it will take at least five years before it's built, according Albion Goodwin of Pembroke, organizer of the Pennamaquan Power Advisory Committee.