FIGHTING THE FIRE
FIGHTING THE FIRE at the Irving Mainway convenience store in Eastport early in the morning on Wednesday, February 6, are Eastport and Perry firefighters. The blaze destroyed the store. (Tom McLaughlin photo)
February 07, 2008
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Bill addresses tribal-state relationship
An 18-member Tribal-State Work Group has recommended eight changes to the Maine Implementing Act, the companion legislation to the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act, and the Micmac Settlement Act that have been incorporated into a bill that will be considered during the current session of...
Layoffs to follow salmon farm sale
Harbour deLoutre Products, a fish farm company on Campobello Island, was recently sold to Ocean Horizons of St. George. Ocean Horizons is owned by the Larry Ingalls family. Negotiations for the sale began in 2007, with the transfer taking place on February 1.
Deficiencies at hospital cited in investigation of man's death
In the wake of the death of a 61-year-old Eastport patient one month ago, a subsequent investigation by the U.S.
Community rallies to raise swamped dragger in Lubec
Hillary Clinton said it takes a village to raise a child. Lubec fisherman Dana Barker says that it took the fishing village of Lubec to raise his boat, the Simone & Rachel, swamped in the Lubec harbor on January 28.