DECORATED VESSELS
DECORATED VESSELS of all sizes show off in front of the Eastport breakwater under a moonlit sky during the annual Eastport Boat Parade on December 11. (Don Dunbar photo)
December 22, 2011
Front Page Stories
Spirit of the season shared by generous friends, neighbors
This holiday season, despite the poor economy, the spirit of Christmas is evident in Charlotte County and eastern Washington County, as people generously give to neighbors who are less fortunate.
Closure of bay to scalloping being weighed
Some 83 scallop draggers are finding high prices but slim pickings in Cobscook Bay this year, and many fishermen are asking that the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) close the bay, or perhaps the entire Maine coast, for the rest of the season to allow the resource to recover.
Pulp mill seeks exemption for St. Croix dams
Woodland Pulp LLC, which owns three water storage dams along the St. Croix River watershed, is seeking to have them become exempt from new federal licensing requirements because of the high cost of both the licensing process and the regulations that would be imposed.
Young benefactors’ double birthdays assist food pantry
Caitlyn Lyons and Connor Sherrard shared a mutual 13th birthday on Saturday, December 3, at the Charlotte school. They were both born in Calais on December 4, 1998, and were delivered by the same doctor, who was running back and forth between the two rooms.
Tribe eyes tapping maple syrup market
The Passamaquoddy Tribe is pursuing a plan to tap into the maple syrup market, using 28,000 acres it owns around Jackman. Chief Clayton Cleaves of Pleasant Point says he had been hoping that 35,000 trees could be tapped this coming season...
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LOOKING ANGELIC, Lubec Consolidated School students Kelsey Williams and Diana Pivirotto are two fairies in a performance of "Shakespeare's Midsummer Dream." The students were assisted by teams from Children's Stage Adventures in presenting the play on December 16. (J.D. Rule photo)