2012
Titanic touches lives 100 years after disaster
April 15 of this year marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, "the unsinkable ship" that would go down on her maiden voyage.
Marie Jones Holmes
2011
Residents seek to prevent sale of Boat School
Two Eastport residents are seeking court action to halt the sale of the City of Eastport property at Deep Cove Road that is currently under contract to First Perry Realty LLC and CPM Constructors.
2011
Counterfeiting ring stamped name on lake in Robbinston
Smuggling was rampant, counterfeiting profitable and the administration of justice questionable in the early 1800s in the community known as Plantation 4, now known as Robbinston.
2010
‘Flying Ed’ rides the skies 62 years as Electrolux man
Ed Arbo of Charlotte, known as "Flying Ed" or the "Electrolux Man," has earned the titles after 62 years of doing both successfully. He is still flying at 89 years old, and he still passes the required physical.
2010
Grant to fund Eastport-based energy center
Washington County and the City of Eastport are the successful applicants for $1,423,480 in federal funding to create up to 70 jobs over a three-year period and the first marine renewable energy manufacturing facility of its kind in the United States.
2010
Robbinston voters reject school budget
Robbinston voters soundly defeated the local school budget of over $944,000 that was put to referendum vote on August 24 as part of the budget validation process, after initially approving the budget a week before.
2010
ORPC tidal turbine generates power for Coast Guard vessel
Numerous state, local and federal officials and leaders of Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) were in Eastport on August 24 to see a demonstration of the largest ocean tidal energy generator in the United States and to celebrate ORPC's successful generation of energy...