RUNNERS TAKE OFF
RUNNERS TAKE OFF at the starting line of the 2013 Down East Hospice Volunteers of Washington County fund-raising race on June 1 in Pembroke. (Don Dunbar photo)
June 13, 2013
Front Page Stories
Lines redrawn for legislative districts in area
The lines for Maine House and Senate districts are being redrawn, with the legislature having approved the new district lines that were recommended by a bipartisan Apportionment Commission.
Artistic Inspiration Downeast
Lobster gear sink rope that spent its short lifespan attached to lobster traps belonging to Trescott fisherman Channon Jones has found new life in New York City. His pot warp was among the 1.4 million feet of recycled lobster trap line collected for and used by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Orly Genger.
Artistic Inspiration Downeast Artist earns honor
Artist Richard Van Buren was walking between his studio and house in Perry in late winter when his phone rang. On the phone was his art dealer. Van Buren relates, "He said, 'Where are you right now?'"
Calais confronting $786,000 hike in school local share
AOS #77 Superintendent Jim Underwood did not mince words about the state of the Calais school budget while attending what was most likely his last meeting with the Calais School Committee on the evening of June 4.
Alewives’ return to St. Croix celebrated
Alewives were welcomed home to the St. Croix River watershed, after a 19-year absence from 98% of their historic spawning grounds, during a ceremony at the Grand Falls dam on June 5.
IN JOYFUL CELEBRATION
IN JOYFUL CELEBRATION over the restoring of the alewife run to most of the St. Croix River watershed, all attending the homecoming ceremony at the Grand Falls dam on June 5 joined in a Passamaquoddy round dance, as Denise Altvater, Vera Francis and others drummed and sang. (Edward French photo)