OH, WHAT FUN!
OH, WHAT FUN! Performing a lively skit on the holiday song “The Twelve
Days of Christmas” were students and staff at the Eastport Elementary
School during their winter concert on December 10. (Edward French photo)
December 26, 2025
Front Page Stories
County adopts budget with 17.3% increase
With the adoption of a budget on December 17 with $11.6 million to be raised by taxation and so far about half of the towns in the county agreeing to prepay on the estimated $8 million tax-anticipation note (TAN) that the county owes for the current year's budget...
Local holiday giving programs fulfill wishes and basic needs
For the communities of Passamaquoddy Bay, coming together to help neighbors brings home the spirit of the holiday season. Local giving programs reach out to support their community, whether it is with food, gifts, warm clothes or basic household supplies.
Nurses graduate from new WCCC program
An effort several years in the making came to fruition on December 18 when nine students received their pins from Washington County Community College's (WCCC) first in‑house nursing program.
New owners plan rebirth of Eastport’s American Can building
One of the most endangered historic buildings in Maine – the American Can Company plant in Eastport – has new owners, and they promise a rebirth of the massive waterfront structure. The 28,800‑square‑foot, three‑story brick building at 15 Sea Street...
Holiday cheer fills island's 'North Pole'
Santa Claus has a deputy on Grand Manan, with Ashley Harris operating a satellite office of his North Pole headquarters at her home in North Head. Now in its third year, the project has grown from a simple mailbox in the yard for letters to Santa into a little Christmas wonderland...
Sipayik remembers Majik Francis as clam garden project dedicated
The 10th anniversary since the death of 23‑year‑old Majik Francis while canoeing to find clams was commemorated at Half Moon Cove in Sipayik on Saturday, November 22, with the placement of a plaque dedicating the nearby Sipayik Community Clam Garden in Majik's honor.
New St. Stephen hotel planned on site of failed previous project
The Municipal District of St. Stephen says that a New Brunswick company plans to build a hotel at 19 Budd Avenue.
HAVING THEIR PHOTOGRAPH
HAVING THEIR PHOTOGRAPH taken with Santa in front of downtown Eastport’s fisherman statue, wearing a Santa hat, were these children following the Reindogs and Caroling Parade on December 6. (Clark Duff photo)