HELICOPTER TRAINING
HELICOPTER TRAINING is conducted with U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport's 47-foot motor lifeboat off Eastport on January 18. (Don Dunbar photo)
January 26, 2023
Front Page Stories
Whiting celebrates dam project funding award
An enthusiastic crowd greeted U.S. Senator Susan Collins to the Whiting Community Center on January 19; she had come to help celebrate the award of $2.9 million towards the renovation of the Mill Pond dam and the installation of a fish ladder.
Sweat lodges helping to change lives in state's prison system
Native inmates in Maine's prison system have been able to practice their traditional spiritual ceremonies for the past 15 years thanks to the efforts of a number of Wabanaki citizens, but in particular the work of Brian Altvater...
Islanders ensure power stays on for nursing home
Islanders scrambled to keep Campobello Lodge residents warm and safe when the nursing home lost its electricity twice around Christmas and New Year's.
Healthcare staff shortages creating crisis in care
Medical patients in Washington County are feeling the impact of workforce shortages in healthcare, from a lack of ambulance transport to a scarcity of available hospital beds as far away as Boston.
Grand Manan credit union and healthcare clinic proposed
Two Grand Manan residents are working on a project to address both Scotiabank's departure from the community and the inconvenience of accessing mainland medical services.
PLACING THE FINISHING TOUCHES
PLACING THE FINISHING TOUCHES on their snowman, which they made outside their Eastport home after the January 23 snowstorm, are brothers Vinny and Xander Eisworth. (Edward French photo)