2021
LOBSTER TRAPS
LOBSTER TRAPS are loaded onto the Triple Trouble at the Eastport breakwater on April 19, for setting at the start of this year's season. (Edward French photo)
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2021
HAVING FUN
HAVING FUN on their scooters on a spring day in Eastport are Teddy Bishop, 7, and his sister Frances, 5, of Seal Cove, Maine. They were visiting their grandparents, Bob and Jeanne Peacock, in the island city. (Edward French photo)
2021
Suicide prompts skatepark group to take action
The loss of any young life affects small communities deeply; when the loss is the result of suicide, the impact can be particularly distressing.
2021
New offset agreement provides funds for tribe, protects species
The Passamaquoddy Tribe has entered into another environmental offset program that will generate funds for the tribe as its lands compensate for ecological impacts at other locations. With the tribe already having received millions through the carbon credit program...
2021
New film by HBO film features Eastport among eight cities
The island city of Eastport is one of eight communities from around the country featured in a new HBO documentary directed by Academy Award nominated filmmakers Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan. Our Towns, which will debut Tuesday, April 13, at 9 p.m.
2021
Island life recalled on 104th birthday
More than a century, 104 years, is a long time for just about anything. But when it comes wrapped in a Canadian smile from a person who can now claim she has lived through two pandemics and is Campobello's oldest resident, well, that person is just special.
2021
Discarded whipped cream cans point to unsafe trend of huffing
In late March Eastport resident Tessa Chaffey Ftorek noticed a number of whipped cream canisters on the side of High Street near the cemetery and along outer Clark Street. When she went back to clean up the garbage, she was astonished at the number she collected -- over 55.