SPRING IS NEAR
SPRING IS NEAR proclaims this colorful sign painted on the window at the Eastport Gallery, which will be opening on June 3. (Edward French photo)
March 23, 2023
Front Page Stories
Sipayik Elementary student’s experiment to be sent into space
It's not every day that residents of Washington County are thinking about sending experiments into space -- but that's exactly what Camren Mumme, an eighth grade student at Sipayik Elementary School, is doing.
Shead jazz band wins state festival gold
The Shead Jazz Quartet under the direction of Eastport schools music teacher Robert Sanchez received the only Gold Medal Performance Award at the Maine State Jazz Festival at Hampden Academy on Saturday, March 18.
ORPC to begin testing tidal systems again
After being dormant in its tidal power operations in the Cobscook Bay area for a decade, Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) is gearing up to again begin testing commercially viable turbine generator units off Eastport this year.
Community turns out to save Dennysville Ambulance
About two dozen people showed up at the Edmunds Consolidated School gym on March 16 for a public meeting to come up with ideas for saving the Dennysville Volunteer Ambulance Service, which has been in existence since the mid-1960s.
Columbia Falls moratorium vote places pause on flagpole project
During their March 21 annual town meeting, Columbia Falls residents overwhelmingly voted to approve the much-discussed moratorium on large-scale commercial development that will in effect place a pause on the $1 billion Flagpole of Freedom Park project proposed by the Worcester family.
COMING OUT
COMING OUT of the bay during the Polar Bear Dip at Split Rock, Sipayik, on March 10 was a crowd of dippers. Over $12,300 has been raised so far in the annual fundraiser, with more donations coming in. See article in this issue. (Don Dunbar photo)