SHROUDED
SHROUDED in sea smoke and ice is Head Harbour Lighthouse on Campobello. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)
February 21, 2013
Front Page Stories
Wood pellet firm plans to create 75 jobs in Eastport
The investment company that is revitalizing the mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket is now poised to convert a former herring processing factory site in Eastport into a facility that will use waste wood from Maine's forests to make a clean fuel replacement for coal that will be shipped...
Local woman helps youth go to college
A Maine Department of Labor employee from Dennysville who has been assisting young men and women under the Workforce Investment Act Youth Program in Machias says she has the best job in the world.
Gun rights forum lacks balance
A well-rounded discussion about policy issues relating to gun rights, school safety, mental health and culture was in scarce supply at a February 12 public forum entitled Newtown Policy Issues Forum held at the University of Maine at Machias (UMM).
Approaching elver season fans debate over tribal licenses
With the elver fishery in Maine set to begin near the end of March, the debate over the number of licenses issued by the Passamaquoddy Tribe is expected to heat up. Many people want to get into the lucrative fishery, with the price jumping to $2,600 a pound at the height of last year's season...
Four heroes rescue Charlotte man from burning truck cab
Maynard Vining of Charlotte was a very lucky man on Friday, February 8, when four people came to his aid and saved his life.
Boatbuilder hopes to move to Eastport site
A spanking new white fiberglass research boat was berthed at the Eastport breakwater's inner basin during the week of February 25. The Tidewater was awaiting departure for the last leg of its voyage to its new owner, the William and Mary College Virginia Institute of Marine Science.
LOOK WHAT I CAUGHT
LOOK WHAT I CAUGHT! The Boyden's Lake fishing derby may have been postponed on February 17, but James Mitchell V holds up a white perch caught on that day. The family fun day was rescheduled for Sunday, February 24. (Don Dunbar photo)