July 13, 2017
Front Page Stories
Tribe planning not to harvest blueberry crop
The current glut of wild blueberries in the market has not only depressed prices significantly but is leaving some growers, including the Passamaquoddy Tribe, with no place to sell their berries.
Senator hears healthcare fears
Over 20 Downeast healthcare organization leaders and providers met with U.S. Senator Angus King at Eastport Health Care (EHC) on the morning of July 5 to voice their concerns about the Senate's proposed legislation that would replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
City’s breakwater celebrated amidst sea of red, white, blue
Cradled between "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and other patriotic songs played by the Maine Army National Guard band on the deck of the Eastport Port Authority office and the non-stop booming, brilliant flashes of the Eastport Fourth of July's fantastic fireworks display over the Navy...
Campobello man dies saving whale
The community of Campobello is mourning the loss of Joseph Howlett, the lobsterman with a passion for rescuing whales, who died in a freak entanglement accident on July 10 about 20 miles off the coast of New Brunswick in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
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