HEADING OUT
HEADING OUT at first light from North Head, Grand Manan, to set their traps are lobster boats on the first day of the season, November 11. (Bonnie Morse photo)
November 13, 2014
Front Page Stories
Welshpool Landing effort aims to rebuild local wharf and hall
“We want to reestablish Welshpool Landing as the 'go-to place,'” said consultant Benson Milner, speaking at an open house hosted by the Friar's Bay Development Association (FBDA) on October 29.
Tribe under sanction over lack of audits
The Passamaquoddy tribal government at Pleasant Point has been placed under sanction by the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for being delinquent on its audit reports.
Lubec woman dies in Trescott accident
A Lubec woman died in a single-vehicle accident during the early November snowstorm that paralyzed much of the state. Danielle D. Moores, 28, died at the scene when her vehicle, a 2002 Ford F-250, flipped over and landed in five feet of water alongside State Route 189 in Trescott.
Local voting reflects nationwide mood in electing Republicans
Washington County voters reflected the statewide trend of electing Republican candidates to office, by even wider margins than the state percentages, and a new sheriff will be riding into the county, following the November 4 general election in Maine.
Growing hope through county’s harvest
Wreaths For Hope was born from a characteristic that the Mingo family of the Robbinston-based Mingo's Evergreen Products knows well: hope. Artie Mingo knows what it means to go without sleep because a loved one is ill.
Growing hope through county’s harvest
Lovers of Maine‑grown cranberries may want to stock up while they can or they may be without their favorite condiment come Thanksgiving. University of Maine Cooperative Extension Cranberry Specialist Charlie Armstrong says the 2014 harvest is way down, in some cases as much as 70%. "Every year it&
REMEMBERING
REMEMBERING as they salute during the playing of Taps at the Veterans Day service in Eastport are U.S. Marine Corps veteran J. Roland Mitchell, U.S. Navy veteran Jim Spinney and Patti Craig of the American Legion Auxiliary. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy Tides Rates:$31.65 a