READING
READING to a group of deer while sitting under an Eastport tree is Kathleen Esposito. (Don Dunbar photo)
October 09, 2014
Front Page Stories
Tissue-making program aims to start careers
Forty students sat in their chairs, some nervous, some excited, some calm, but all of them there because they had been hand-picked out of 160 applicants who underwent a series of tests to gain placement in the new St. Croix Tissue training program at Washington County Community College (WCCC).
Sea urchin fishermen haul in good price, fair catches
Sea urchin fishermen in the Cobscook Bay area have been pleased with the number of urchins and the price they're receiving this year, although some still are chafing about the tote limit that was imposed by the state beginning last year.
Parents seek action in wake of bus incident
A Lubec Elementary School teacher was arrested and a number of Lubec high school students were frightened on the morning of Wednesday, October 8, after a school bus driver transporting the students to Washington Academy...
Boat School now able to pursue funding
On August 15 Maine Superior Court Justice Robert Murray ordered the removal of the lis pendens, or "suit pending," status of the Boat School in a lawsuit filed by Eastport residents Phyllis Bradbury and David Gholson against the City of Eastport...
AOS superintendent to retire next May
At the September 30 meeting of the AOS 77 school board, Superintendent James Underwood announced his plans to retire next May.
A FULL MOON
A FULL MOON shines across Western Passage to Split Rock, Sipayik, as Passamaquoddy tribal members participate in a Grandmother Moon Ceremony and a candlelight vigil for survivors of domestic violence that was sponsored by Passamaquoddy Peaceful Relations on October 8. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy TidesRates:$31.65 a