2021
Robbinston eyes subdivision moratorium
Robbinston residents will consider a six-month moratorium on any new subdivisions in the town during the annual town meeting on Monday, March 29.
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2021
PWD water quality project set to proceed with funds in place
The Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD) is now able to proceed with an $835,000 project to improve the district's water quality after Wabanaki Public Health and Wellness provided $225,000 from COVID-19 Relief Funds to fill in a funding gap.
2021
OUT ON THE FLATS
OUT ON THE FLATS at Carrying Place Cove in Eastport, a clamdigger works on a late winter's afternoon tide. (Edward French photo)
2021
LUBEC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RISES ABOVE COVID'TASTROPHE
LUBEC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RISES ABOVE COVID'TASTROPHE! Over the past few weeks students at the school worked together to construct, out of papier m'ch', a replica of the coronavirus, which contained a written note from each answering the questions: 'What am I looking forward to?
2021
Sisters in business support each other
“When you support a small business you are supporting a dream,” sums up the attitudes of two Downeast sisters and business owners. The Bluebird Ranch Family Restaurant and Berry Vines in Machias are a few hundred steps away from one another...
2021
Recent fisheries statement may impact Peskotomuhkati Nation
Negotiations quietly continue towards recognizing the Peskotomuhkati as a First Nation in Canada. "This is an ongoing matter; in fact, they are negotiating on a regular basis including, I believe, today and maybe again later in the week," according to Allan Bonner.
2021
Move from city to farm life proves to be invaluable gift
When Kim and Don Roos moved in 2000 from Fairfield County, Conn., to Jonesboro with their three young children, they knew they were doing the right thing for their family but couldn't have imagined just how right it all turned out to be.