BLOWING AWAY
BLOWING AWAY dandelion seed, on a spring afternoon with rain and sunshine, is six-year-old Mary Bartlett of Eastport. (Edward French photo)
May 25, 2006
Front Page Stories
Engineers predict tidal energy could run county homes
Harnessing the mega tides of the Fundy region to generate electricity is hardly a new idea. But submerging "windmills" and using the tidal stream rather than air currents to push the blades around is a recent technology -- one that the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)...
Meeting minutes, lawyer fees spark Perry selectmen debate
The Perry selectmen's meeting on May 15 brought on a tense atmosphere of debate over the minutes of past meetings. The debate arose because, during the previous selectmen's meeting, a motion was passed to record and keep official meeting minutes.
Memorial marks Pembroke man’s life, sacrifice
Inscribed on a memorial monument in Middleborough, Mass., are the names of 15 Vietnam era war dead, local boys born and bred and well known to the townspeople who saw them grow up, graduate from high school, and go off to southeast Asia in the 1960s. All 15 will be remembered this Memorial Day...
Government agencies identify LNG issues in FERC comments
Tribal, state, provincial and federal agencies have been sending comments about the liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), ranging from concerns about the archaeology and traditional uses of the Split Rock site to the...
Boat School’s hopes continue to rise and fall
Funding to allow the Boat School to remain in Eastport was not approved this week by the legislature's Appropriations Committee, despite the strong support for legislation to provide the necessary funds shown earlier by both the House of Representatives and the Senate.