2020
Neighbors are helped in spirit of season
Community members with budgets large and small, with roots in the county and from away, are digging deep to help their neighbors in need.
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2020
Bills address safe water, elections and scalloping
Washington County legislators are introducing bills addressing a wide range of issues in the new legislative session, from grounding the scallop fleet on bad weather days and providing safe drinking water for tribal members, to decriminalizing individual drug possession and reforming elections...
2020
Aboriginal rights across border to be considered by court
A legal case concerning a man who shot an elk 10 years ago on the west coast could affect Peskotomuhkati rights in Canada. The Supreme Court of Canada reserved judgment after hearing an appeal in Ottawa on October 8 against the acquittal of Richard Lee Desautel...
2020
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN
FROSTY THE SNOWMAN greets the first snowfall from his Washington Street home in Eastport. (Don Dunbar photo)
2020
THESE JOLLY GREEN ELVES
THESE JOLLY GREEN ELVES enjoy the first snowfall outside their High Street home in Eastport. The evergreens are wearing their Santa hats for the holiday season and being socially distanced for the pandemic. (Edward French photo)
2020
Year-round ferry plea rebuffed; Williamson promises to fight on
The ferry from Campobello to Deer Island will run until Sunday, January 10, according to New Brunswick Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Jill Green.
2020
Tribal chief at Sipayik recalled in close election
By a five-vote margin, Marla Dana, the Passamaquoddy chief at Sipayik, was recalled from office in a December 3 election. A recount on December 7 confirmed that the vote was 136 to 131.