PROUD
PROUD of Coast Guard Station Eastport's new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium is Chief Austin Olmstead, officer in charge of the station. (Edward French photo)
May 12, 2011
Front Page Stories
Water walk flows forward
The shiny, burnished copper pail was being carefully held by the Native American woman as she led the group leaving the ceremony at Bad Little Falls in Machias. It is one of four special pails and contains water from the Atlantic Ocean.
Legislators eye bills to reform school funding
The legislature's Education and Cultural Affairs Committee continued this week to consider 11 bills to amend the current school-funding formula that were the subject of a public hearing on May 4.
Students present plan for town flag to Lubec selectmen
Standing tall and speaking confidently, three representatives of the Lubec Consolidated School seventh-grade class addressed the selectmen's meeting on April 28. Emma Page, Seth Doherty and Robert Wallace presented their proposed town flag...
Energy-saving pilot program to start in city
Two efforts aimed at increasing energy efficiency in the city's many older homes and buildings have been embraced by the City of Eastport.
Conservatives, Williamson win election
Election results in New Brunswick Southwest and throughout the province mirrored the national trend on May 2, as voters chose a majority of Conservative Party candidates, boosted the standing of the New Democratic Party and dropped the Liberals.
City council to vote again on rezoning Staniels Road land
The Eastport City Council decision at the April council meeting to change the zoning of a parcel located on Staniels Road from residential to industrial has been found to have been made in error.
A PAIL OF WATER
A PAIL OF WATER gathered from the Atlantic Ocean at the Picture Rock petroglyph site in Machiasport is carried to a ceremony at Bad Little Falls, Machias, by Josephine Mandamin of the Ojibway Tribe in Ontario (at right), walking with Joan Dana of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township. The