THE FULL HARVEST MOON,
THE FULL HARVEST MOON, along with Mars to the left, breaks through the clouds over the Eastport breakwater on October 1. (Don Dunbar photo)
October 08, 2020
Front Page Stories
Voters face choices in upcoming election
Voting is expected to be heavy in what many consider to be one of the most consequential presidential elections in recent U.S. history on Tuesday, November 3. Along with the presidential race, Maine voters will be electing a U.S.
Reduction in force hits longshoremen
Because of a downturn in shipping at the Port of Eastport, half of the longshoremen who work at the port are taking an early retirement package as a part of a workforce reduction undertaken by Federal Marine Terminals (FMT), the port's terminal operator.
Police chief appeals firing to city council
Eastport Police Chief Peter Harris says his firing on the morning of September 28 by City Manager Thomas Hoskins "was a wrongful termination based on lies." The dismissal is the third firing of a police chief in the past three years in the city, which has had nine police chiefs in the past 10 years.
Outbreak related to Woodland mill leads to 19 testing positive
A total of 19 people have tested positive for COVID-19 -- including four people from Washington County -- following an outbreak related to the Woodland Pulp mill, as of October 6.
PWD planning new water quality project
The Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD) has entered into an agreement with the state's Drinking Water Program and the A.E. Hodsdon engineering firm to be the site of a pilot testing program to improve water quality.
THE UNLOADING OF LOGS
THE UNLOADING OF LOGS at the Port of Eastport's bulk storage yard for a test of the port authority's shipboard heat-treating phytosanitation equipment next spring will continue for the next few weeks. The port authority is acquiring 6,000 short tons of under-utilized softwood logs from