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2020

Calais hospital eyes possible financial crisis

With the number of patient visits dropping by nearly half, additional costs to prepare for a potential influx of COVID-19 patients and denial of critical federal CARES Act funds, the Calais Regional Hospital is facing a financial crisis that threatens its ability to provide care...

2020

Area long-term care facilities cope with COVID-19 restrictions

Area long-term care facility administrators report their residents and staff are in good spirits despite the worldwide pandemic that has made things challenging.

2020

BILL KENDALL stands near the barn at Kendall farm, with his great-grandmother’s spinning wheel just inside the barn door. The rebuilding of the kitchen in the 200-year-old farmhouse is trigg

BILL KENDALL

BILL KENDALL stands near the barn at Kendall farm, with his great-grandmother’s spinning wheel just inside the barn door. The rebuilding of the kitchen in the 200-year-old farmhouse is triggering memories of the farm’s long history. (Edward French photo)

2020

A FIRE in the trap shop, the former Clam Kibben, at the Eastport Chowder House was quickly put out by firefighters on the morning of April 14. See article in this issue about the fire and st

A FIRE

A FIRE in the trap shop, the former Clam Kibben, at the Eastport Chowder House was quickly put out by firefighters on the morning of April 14. See article in this issue about the fire and storm damage suffered at the wharf and restaurant. (Edward French photo)

2020

Jonesport Shipyard spearheads effort to produce face shields

"We owe this effort for our first responders and healthcare workers here in Washington County," says Rep. Robert Alley of Beals in responding to a request made by a constituent to see if he could help...

2020

Island residents help to raise spirits

Some Grand Manan residents have been using social media to encourage neighbors and raise spirits as the COVID‐19 isolation continues. With children out of school and in need of some entertainment, people are thinking of ways to create fun at a safe distance.

2020

Calais, St. Stephen businesses adjust to pandemic restrictions

Who could have guessed that a worldwide pandemic would trigger a run on powdered skim milk and ukuleles in a little Canadian border town? Powdered skim milk was not to be had in St. Stephen grocery stores on a recent Sunday afternoon.