2022
Pembroke voters approve ordinance to ban mining
By nearly a 3-1 margin, Pembroke residents, during a special town meeting the evening of May 4, passed a local ordinance to prohibit metallic mining in the town.
Lora Whelan
2022
Eastport renews city manager’s contract
At a special meeting held the evening of April 27, the Eastport City Council renewed City Manager Kathryn "Kate" Devonshire's contract for three years. It was the date of her review for a full year of work in the position.
2022
Transmission risk for avian flu is high
Jason and Stephanie Strongin of Machiasport have been raising backyard chickens for 50 years. The death of older hens is something they understand and expect, but when three older chickens died within a week and then were followed by a young bird, they grew alarmed.
2022
Local mining ordinance eyed for Pembroke
The Pembroke Town Hall was packed with an interested if noisy crowd the evening of April 6 when an information meeting was held to discuss the proposed metallic mineral mining ordinance.
2022
Robbinston eyeing subdivision ordinance
Robbinston voters will decide whether the town will have its own subdivision ordinance at the annual town meeting to be held on Monday, March 28, at 7 p.m. at the former grade school.
2022
Dippers raise funds for cancer patients
A group of nine stalwart Polar Bear "dippers" gathered at a small beach in Eastport's South End on the sunny but cold day of March 5 to have buckets of snow dumped on their heads. They were there to support the Ronald McDonald House in Bangor and Sarah's House of Maine.
2022
Pembroke possible site for mine tailings facility
Pembroke land owned or under option by the mining company Wolfden Resources Corporation is listed in a rezoning petition as a possible site for a tailings management facility (TMF).