2020
Border communities adapting to rules restricting movements
St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern wonders what "normal" will look like on the other side of the worldwide virus pandemic.
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2020
Area adjusting to changes in homelife, work
With the COVID‑19 pandemic upending normal routines of homelife and work, classrooms and more, Downeast residents are coming up with new ways to socialize, work, learn and see the special in the everyday.
2020
DELIVERING BAGS OF FOOD
DELIVERING BAGS OF FOOD to area school children every weekday is Dana Bowen, food services director for the Eastport schools. The bags contain lunch and breakfast for students and any siblings up to age 18. Eastport school staff have been making about 70 deliveries at present, and other area schools
2020
HELPING OUT
HELPING OUT during the COVID-19 pandemic are coastguardmen from U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport, who carry in bags of food from the Good Shepherd Food Bank at the Garrapy Food Pantry in Eastport. They are wearing masks and gloves, as food banks have revised protocols. Food pantries have been
2020
State, county voters uphold vaccine law
By nearly a 3-to-1 margin, Maine voters overwhelmingly defeated an effort to repeal a new state law eliminating non-medical opt-outs for vaccinations that protect against a number of childhood diseases.
2020
Perry man dies in fast-moving fire
A 32-year-old Perry man died in a house fire early in the morning on Sunday, March 1. Bradford Preston Jr., who was alone in the home on the Golding Road, perished in the wind-whipped blaze.
2020
Coronavirus preparations begin in area
With seven confirmed and five presumptive positive cases of coronavirus in Maine and six presumptive cases in New Brunswick as of March 15, preparations for the coronavirus, or COVID-19, have started in Washington County, with guidance from state and federal departments and agencies.