GETTING READY
GETTING READY for Memorial Day, VFW and American Legion members, including Ralph A. Ray VFW Post #558 Commander Victor Voisine, recently hung 88 American flags along Eastport streets. (Edward French photo)
May 26, 2011
Front Page Stories
Young transplant recipient inspires Make-A-Wish team
Although not feeling well enough to attend this year's Walk for Wishes in Dennysville, a Pleasant Point teenager who is a double-lung transplant recipient and previously had her wish granted inspired many of the walkers who took part in the mile-and-a-half walk.
State and tribes agree to explore abuses in child welfare system
Providing Native children who were taken from their families and suffered abuse in foster care in Maine the chance to tell their stories may not only unearth the truth about the child welfare system and help with their own healing but may also cause that system to be changed.
School closure heads for vote in Robbinston
The students at the Robbinston Grade School may be attending classes at a different institution this fall with the possible closure of the school on the horizon. On Wednesday, June 1, the Robbinston School Committee will meet at 7 p.m.
Pulp mill’s switch to natural gas may save $12 million annually
Woodland Pulp LLC plans to begin construction of a natural gas line to power its mill in Baileyville in early June. The mill's owners expect to be able to recoup the $12 million cost for the new gas line in one year, through avoided costs for oil payments.
Five brothers from Eastport fought in Civil War
This Memorial Day will be observed during the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War in the United States, after an attack on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. Following the war, flowers were placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers, beginning in May 1868.
RUNNING AGROUND
RUNNING AGROUND shortly after it experienced mechanical difficulties was the Grand Manan V, as it was docking at Blacks Harbour on May 18. All 100 passengers were safely taken off the vessel. The MV Grand Manan, which had been retired, is handling the run until the ferry is repaired, which