THE WREATH
THE WREATH-MAKING SEASON brings work for many in Downeast Maine. Twirling a wreath to make sure all of the tips are firmly in place is Annette Newell at the Quoddy Village shop run by Mingo's Evergreen Products. (Edward French photo)
November 26, 2015
Front Page Stories
Wreath-making rings in holidays
Wreath-making is under way in several Downeast locations, a sure sign that the holidays are beginning. The wreath-making season runs from November first until about December 15.
New Brunswick fishermen see high catches, price for lobsters
At the break of day on November 10, Grand Manan lobster fisherman Laurence Cook joined fishermen throughout the Fundy Isles to leave port and set his 375 traps. After returning to take on bait, he went back to haul at 6 p.m.
Mooring freezes enacted to prevent boat overcrowding
The loss of berthing for boats at the Eastport breakwater and an expected influx of scallop draggers have prompted communities around Cobscook Bay to freeze the number of boat moorings, as the mooring fields were becoming overcrowded.
Lack of justice in killing hurts 50 years later
The 50th anniversary of the brutal killing of a Passamaquoddy man and the violent assault on another was marked in a somber ceremony of remembrance on November 14 at Sipayik.
Communities unite in searching for man
A sacred fire has been burning and tribal has sounded since Sunday afternoon, November 22, on the Perry side of the Old Eastport Road, as the search for the body of a missing 23-year-old Pleasant Point man has been unceasing.
SEARCHING
SEARCHING the beaches around Half Moon Cove for Majik Francis were many volunteers, who had been looking since he was lost in the waters on Sunday, November 22. His body was finally recovered at about 5:15 p.m. on Wednesday, November 25, about 50 feet off the western tip