SURROUNDED
SURROUNDED by fragrant stacks of balsam fir wreaths are Alden and Donna Mingo, owners of Mingo's Evergreen Products in Red Beach. (Edward French photo)
November 22, 2007
Front Page Stories
Lobster fishermen feel pinch of low prices, rising costs
Bad weather, rising costs and a sharp drop in price caused by a weakened U.S. dollar are leaving fishermen apprehensive at the start of the New Brunswick lobster season, which opened on November 13. Catches, though, are picking up now that the winds have died down.
Food pantries shoulder burden of economic hardship in county
Times are tough in Washington County, and the economic woes of the area are clear to Bill Sawtelle, who operates a food pantry in Whiting that serves residents of a dozen towns.
New Calais call center set to employ 200
A Canadian company is opening a call center in the former Wareknitters building in Calais. Acrobat Research, which collects market research data, plans to hire over 200 employees and begin operations there in January.
Conference weighs impact of new border rules
The commute to work for Linda Matthews is not a matter of heavy or stalled traffic or changing lanes, but rather the need to cross borders. Matthews, who is corporate logistics manager for Cooke Aquaculture based in St. George, leaves her home on Campobello and crosses at the U.S.
BEP changes mind, grants request by LNG firm to refile
On November 14, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection (BEP) reversed an earlier board ruling and granted a request by Downeast LNG to withdraw its application that was before the board for the construction of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Robbinston.