Susan Esposito

A coyote mistook an Edmunds hunter for a turkey on April 30, the first day of Maine's turkey hunting season, and sent him to the hospital for several bite wounds.

A longtime local fishing vessel will be used to ferry passengers between Eastport and Lubec this summer. Captain Steven Pagels of Downeast Windjammer Cruises now owns the Quoddy Dam and will use it as a ferry for four round trips daily, except on Mondays, starting in late June.

The Town of Robbinston is celebrating its 200th anniversary this year with some summertime lectures, pageant and a community picnic.

An organization of volunteers that has brought comfort to many Washington County residents and families is marking its 30th anniversary this year. Down East Hospice has been providing support services to the terminally ill and their families, as well as to those people who are experiencing grief.

At least one family living in Egypt and trying to deal with the rapidly changing political situation has a connection to Eastport. Eastport residents Tom and Susan Rostas' daughter Marcy, a teacher, has lived in Cairo for the last decade...