NOT RAKING LEAVES,
NOT RAKING LEAVES, but cranberries, are John and Kelly Alexander of Columbia Falls. The October 21 harvest was at David Lakeman's property at Gleason's Cove, Perry. (Don Dunbar photo)
October 25, 2007
Front Page Stories
Dark tales cast shadow on home
An old house on Leighton Point Road in Pembroke, at the corner of the middle crossroad, is dark and brooding. Perhaps that's so because of the "witch's hat" dormers, common enough in eastern Maine but which to eyes from away seem vaguely sinister.
Tribal racino battle heats up before election
The campaigns for and against the Passamaquoddy Tribe's proposed racino in Calais are finally heating up two weeks before the statewide election.
Downeast lobstermen dodge whale restrictions temporarily
About 600 lobster fishermen in Washington County dodged a bullet with the decision by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to rescind temporary restrictions on lobster and gillnet fishing gear aimed at protecting endangered whales.
Lawsuits against housing authority proceeding slowly
Nearly 10 years after the housing authority at Pleasant Point entered the home of its former executive director, Pamela Francis, and removed her possessions, two court cases arising from those actions are proceeding in separate jurisdictions in the tortuous and never-ending manner of Dickens'...
Equipment removal from Boat School generates concern
While the property and buildings of the Boat School in Eastport were transferred on September 22 from the Maine Community College System to the City of Eastport, by legislation enacted earlier this year, questions remain about ownership of the equipment and tools used at the school.