RETURNING
RETURNING to the Eastport breakwater from diving for scallops on a cold day on February 3 is Scott MacNichol of Perry aboard his boat Brayden's Future. The wind chill in Eastport on February 3 was -50 degrees. (Don Dunbar photo)
February 09, 2023
Front Page Stories
State's school subsidy amounts still hitting coastal towns hard
While Maine will continue to meet its obligation to pay 55% of the cost of K-12 education under Governor Janet Mills' budget proposal for 2023-24, a milestone first achieved last year, many superintendents are still not happy with the state subsidy amounts for schools in their districts.
Safe Harbor project moving forward with extra $10 million
Lubec's Safe Harbor project, which has been in the works for more than five years and recently had been stalled for lack of sufficient funding, has now taken a significant step forward with an additional $10 million expected to be provided by the federal government, bringing the total project...
Longtime couple's shared dream remembered on Valentine's Day
A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality. -- John Lennon. That special day when two people come together to join as one...
Dennysville's fiscal woes push town to consider deorganizing
On July 25, 1918, residents of the Town of Dennysville gathered to watch a 160-foot, four-masted schooner enter the Dennys River from Pushee Brothers' shipyard at Clark's Point. The town was then a bustling place, and town historian Ron Windhorst relates a diary entry from Fred Gardner...
Communities pursue options in face of broadband setbacks
A number of municipalities in Washington County have been taking matters into their own hands when it comes to envisioning broadband service to meet their needs in an affordable and reliable manner that also provides high and symmetrical upload and download speeds.
SPINNING WITH WINTRY WARMTH
SPINNING WITH WINTRY WARMTH is a lively crowd at the MICE (Moose Island Contra Etc.) band's first contra dance at the Eastport Arts Center on January 28. The contra dance drew people from nearby towns and as far as Boston. (Edward French photo)