AN EAGLE FLIES
AN EAGLE FLIES through the snowflakes as it prepares to land in Perry on February 25. (Don Dunbar photo)
March 10, 2022
Front Page Stories
Ukrainian family grieves with home under siege
Svitlana Palahuta, her husband Ihor and their two boys left Ukraine in 2019 for a new life in Canada. Today, they fear for family and friends trapped in their hometown of Kakhovka, a port city on the Dnieper River in southeastern Ukraine, under occupation by Russian troops since late February.
Plans to close veterans' home spark outrage
An emergency bill to require legislative approval before any Maine veterans' home could be closed is one of the many efforts to keep the homes in Machias and Caribou open.
Pembroke turns down breezeway project
By a three-vote margin, Pembroke residents turned down the proposed breezeway project at the elementary school in a February 23 referendum vote. The vote was 21 to 18, with only 39 residents casting ballots.
Dippers raise funds for cancer patients
A group of nine stalwart Polar Bear "dippers" gathered at a small beach in Eastport's South End on the sunny but cold day of March 5 to have buckets of snow dumped on their heads. They were there to support the Ronald McDonald House in Bangor and Sarah's House of Maine.
Debate continues over proposal by tribe to tap into Perry aquifer
Debate over a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik is continuing in the legislature, with tribal representatives claiming that the town's ordinance on water extraction is unconstitutional...
DUMPING BUCKETS OF SNOW
DUMPING BUCKETS OF SNOW over their heads are a group of nine polar bear 'dippers' gathered at a small beach in Eastport's South End on March 5. They were there to support the Ronald McDonald House in Bangor and Sarah's House of Maine in