2020
'DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE
'DOUBLE, DOUBLE TOIL AND TROUBLE; fire burn and caldron bubble,' these witches on Key Street in Eastport may be chanting, just before All Hallow's Eve. (Edward French photo)
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2020
A RIVER OF CRANBERRIES
A RIVER OF CRANBERRIES is wet-harvested at Mingo's Products in Red Beach by (left to right) Troy Golding, Donovan Palmer, Artie Mingo and Nathan Chambers. While the crop is down this year because of the drought, the demand for fresh market berries is high. (Edward French photo)
2020
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.
2020
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.
2020
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.
2020
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.
2020
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.