THE ATLANTIC DAISY
THE ATLANTIC DAISY loaded wood pulp at the Port of Eastport on May 7 as Coast Guard Station Eastport’s response boat heads by on Johnson’s Bay. (Chessie Crowe photo)
May 11, 2017
Front Page Stories
Tribal forest project helps slow climate change, generates revenue
The Passamaquoddy Tribe is now using most of its land in Maine that it acquired through funding from the 1980 Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act both to slow the rate of climate change and to generate millions in revenue by offsetting emissions from polluters on the other side of the country.
Proposed funding cuts concern libraries in area
Inter-library loan, WiFi and high-speed broadband access, the MaineInfoNet database and Maine Download Library and services for the those with disabilities or the home-bound, such as talking books, descriptive videos, large print, books-by-mail and more, are library services that are being...
Legislative panel opposes UT school choice, transparency bills
Trescott and other area unorganized territory parents who were hanging their hats on a possible legislative remedy to the school choice issue will be disappointed in the votes taken by the legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee members on May 5.
Coast Guard rescues kayaker on a mission
A kayaker who is heading from West Quoddy Head, Lubec, to Key West, Fla., on a mission is lucky to be alive after spending nearly an hour in the water when his kayak flipped over off Bailey's Mistake, Lubec, on Sunday, April 30.
Calais panel eyes potential to open new nursing home
The prospect of reopening a nursing home in Calais is inching forward, although how to obtain the rights to the limited number of beds in the state is still a major stumbling block.
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