January 22, 2009
Front Page Stories
ORPC seeks grant funds for center of renewable energy
Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is applying for approximately $3.5 million from the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) to help build a renewable energy center at the BASF property on Broad Cove in Eastport.
Bills take aim at rockweed, MPBN, schools
Bills submitted by area legislators would impose a rockweed harvest moratorium, make changes in the school regionalization law, promote economic development initiatives in Washington County, recognize Native American veterans and require that MPBN keep operating its towers in Washington and...
Gas pipeline finished; LNG imports start soon
The new natural gas pipeline extending from the Canaport LNG terminal near Saint John to the New Brunswick/Maine border is expected to be completed later this month. The 30-inch diameter pipeline connects with the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline on the St. Croix River at the border in Baileyville.
Community rallies to aid victim of fire
On Monday night, January 12, a fire broke out in the mobile home of Barbara Morris of Ingersoll Road on Grand Manan. Morris escaped out into the night in her bare feet on one of the coldest nights of the winter.
Three of 16 board members decide to end landfill project
Absenteeism continued to derail the Marion Transfer Station's (MTS) efforts to conduct business at the board's meeting on January 13 when the monthly session was again adjourned for lack of a quorum.