ENJOYING A SLIDE
ENJOYING A SLIDE at the Stronghearts Winter Sports and Fun Day in Perry are Anne Hopkins and two of her children, Gabe and Cecilia. (Don Dunbar photo)
February 23, 2017
Front Page Stories
University of Maine partnership with UMM to offer opportunities
The primary message shared with the public at an informal meeting held at the Performing Arts Center at the University of Maine at Machias (UMM) on February 15 was that future growth and new opportunities await UMM.
Passamaquoddy youth honored as champion for change
A young man from the Passamaquoddy Tribe who is one of only five Native American youth in the country chosen as a Center for Native American Youth 2017 Champion for Change has returned home to Pleasant Point after his recent four-day visit to Washington, D.C.
Gas exposure at mill triggers CRH emergency response
A total of 16 contractors and two Woodland Pulp employees were exposed to chlorine dioxide gas during a planned maintenance outage at the mill at about 10 a.m. on February 16. Calais Regional Hospital emergency staff treated 14 of the victims.
County residents rally to oppose prison closure
Washington County town officials, business leaders and employees at the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) joined county legislators in Augusta on February 15 to testify against a proposal by the LePage administration to close the Machiasport prison, which employs 50 people and houses up to...
Area schools fear proposed changes to funding formula
The preparation of the Calais school system budget for the coming year has been met with delay as a result of a failure on the part of the state to provide projected state revenue by the end of January. Calais Superintendent Ron Jenkins spoke about the challenges caused by the delay...
Arctic mining trucks land at port terminal
Four heavy-duty tractors and 16 tandem side-dump trailers are being trucked from as far away as Idaho into the Port of Eastport for shipment to a new mining operation in the Arctic.
LET IT SNOW
LET IT SNOW! Area residents, like this man in Calais, have been snowblowing, plowing and shoveling their way through the snowstorms that blanketed the area during Valentine’s week. Eastport received 32.5" of snow during the February 13-14 blizzard and 81.3" for the month, as of