SCALLOP DRAGGERS
SCALLOP DRAGGERS hit Johnson's Cove in Eastport hard on January 31, following the closure of Cobscook Bay to scallop fishing. See this issue for an article about the scallop season. (Don Dunbar photo)
February 08, 2024
Front Page Stories
Valentine couples recall a lifetime of love
Valentine's Day is special any given year. Who doesn't like a good love story? This year that "love story" is multiplied by three: three couples celebrating a combined 176 years of wedded bliss in two countries, on a lake and on an island.
State drops murder charge against Dana
The murder charge against Donnell Dana Jr., 40, in the April 2022 stabbing death of Kimberly Neptune of Sipayik has now been dropped by the state, following a nearly two-week trial in December of 2023...
Grand Manan air ambulance service to be restored this year
Ambulance New Brunswick (ANB) announced on February 1 that they have signed a contract with Voyageur Aviation that will see an air ambulance stationed on Grand Manan by September. Since December 2022 islanders have had to rely on mainland based planes for medevacs...
Flagpole park plan scrapped; town eyes its future
An almost two year investment in time, money and patience by the Town of Columbia Falls regarding its future land use plan and large scale building development looks to be coming to a close. The town will vote on accepting a new code of ordinances at its annual town meeting set for Tuesday,...
Edmunds team wins first place in state robotics championship
Competing with some of the brightest young engineers in the state, a team of students from Washington County emerged victorious in the First Lego League State Championship over the weekend of February 3 to 4.
PULLING A PICKEREL
PULLING A PICKEREL out of an ice-fishing hole is Beau McLaughlin of Baileyville, as Oliver Bishop cheers him on during the Calais Lions Club's fishing derby on Round Pond on January 27. See this issue for an article about the fishing derby. (Don Dunbar photo)