Community leaders on Deer Island want Canada Post to reverse its decision to close the Leonardville Post Office. The federal Crown corporation plans to permanently close the post office this summer and replace it with outdoor community mail boxes.

With no shipping having taken place so far this year, the Eastport Port Authority is facing a number of changes, as its longtime leader is leaving, wood pulp shipments are switching from overseas to domestic markets and the potentially large wood chip shipments to Europe continue to be paused.

Over 90 people attended the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) public meeting on June 28 to discuss a bridge span for the Machias dike as the "preferred alternative" to replace the existing four-box causeway span.