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2021

Calais school board vote reveals student access issues

A vote and then a decision to rescind the vote by the Calais School Committee over remote student access to in person extracurricular activities is an example of the unprecedented challenges school boards, school staff, students and parents are encountering as they navigate the pandemic and try...

2021

Businesses survive pandemic’s challenges: PPP and local support credited

Sidewalk markets, masks, pickup windows, home delivery, more masks, remote learning, essential workers, social distance, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and "buy local" becoming a rallying mantra; these are just some of the words the year 2020 will leave behind.

2021

Businesses survive pandemic’s challenges: Federal aid, staycations help

Government assistance and New Brunswickers taking vacations in their own province helped Charlotte County businesses survive 2020 and the COVID 19 pandemic. They are, as the Bee Gees put it, "Stayin' Alive," hoping that vaccines will allow life to return closer to normal.

2021

Area healthcare facilities begin phase 1 of COVID-19 vaccinations

The first phase of COVID 19 vaccinations has begun in Washington County. Robert Long, the communications director for the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), explains that Maine is following federal recommendations for vaccination planning.

2021

MANY PEOPLE CELEBRATED N

MANY PEOPLE CELEBRATED N

MANY PEOPLE CELEBRATED New Year's Eve in Eastport by watching the lit-up sardine parading through the city on top of an Eastport fire truck, with lit-up maple on the back. (Edward French photo)

2021

A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL

A LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL. Jasmine Boone-Batchelder, who works at the Eastport Memorial Nursing Home, is given a COVID-19 vaccination shot by Christine Cattan of Bangor Drug Company. All of the residents and many of the staff at the nursing home were immunized on December 30. (Edward

2020

Schools ponder basketball safety issues: Changes slated, if games allowed

Players and parents are looking forward to the delayed high school basketball season that can begin by mid-January, but if Washington County returns to a yellow designation under the state's color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies the relative risk of COVID-19 transmission, no games...