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2020

Court hears 911 call made before killing in St. Stephen case

A 911 emergency operator listened while Crystal Ann Tracey loudly told her ex-partner Irving John Hastey, "Go!" on December 24, 2018, according to facts presented in Saint John Court of Queen's Bench on January 22 at Hastey's sentencing hearing on a charge of manslaughter.

2020

Conference exchanges views on land, sea crops

Local farmers gathered to exchange opinions and hear about new developments from University of Maine Cooperative Extension specialists at the Lee Pellon Center in Machias during the Downeast Agriculture Conference on January 18. Topics included...

2020

JOAN LOWDEN calls a chant through her handmade megaphone as she leads the crowd to downtown Eastport during the fourth annual Women’s March on Saturday, January 18. The march also marked the

JOAN LOWDEN

JOAN LOWDEN calls a chant through her handmade megaphone as she leads the crowd to downtown Eastport during the fourth annual Women’s March on Saturday, January 18. The march also marked the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, in which women won the right to vote.

2020

THESE FOUR STYLISH SNOWMEN have fun hanging out in their front yard in Whiting, wishing for more snow to come. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! (Chessie Crowe photo)

THESE FOUR STYLISH SNOWMEN

THESE FOUR STYLISH SNOWMEN have fun hanging out in their front yard in Whiting, wishing for more snow to come. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow! (Chessie Crowe photo)

2020

UMM professor appeals decision on faculty union to high court

An associate professor at the University of Maine at Machias is appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court a lower court ruling on his lawsuit that calls for an end to a state law that compels public-sector employees to accept union representation, particularly when the person is not a member of the union.

2020

Tribal advocate finally pardoned by state

The Eastport attorney who started the case that led to the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act and then, supporters believe, was framed by state officials on a felony marijuana charge in 1968 to end his efforts was finally pardoned by the state on January 7.

2020

Retailers prepare for ban on plastic bags

As of April 22 of this year single-use plastic bags will no longer be used in Maine by retail establishments for check-out, for produce and a few other applications.