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2020

Area schools preparing to reopen safely

At its August 19 meeting, the Eastport School Committee approved a reopening plan for the schools, with students returning on Tuesday, September 8. Principal Paul Theriault stated, "We want to be ready.

2020

Clergy pursue border-crossing exception for services on island

Clergy from the Canadian mainland hope they can still reach the faithful on Campobello Island once the seasonal ferry ties up this fall.

2020

Documentarian profiles locals for PBS series

A Lubec based documentarian, who usually divides his time between Maine, California and Mexico, has provided six video shorts for the ongoing PBS series "American Portrait," which collects stories from across the country to create a national storytelling project.

2020

Documentarian profiles locals for PBS series

A Lubec based documentarian, who usually divides his time between Maine, California and Mexico, has provided six video shorts for the ongoing PBS series "American Portrait," which collects stories from across the country to create a national storytelling project. "It was a neat opportunity," says Ethan

2020

SEINING FOR HERRING off the Eastport breakwater on the night of August 17 is the crew of the Jenny Rose, a purse seiner owned by Earl Small. (Don Dunbar photo)

SEINING FOR HERRING

SEINING FOR HERRING off the Eastport breakwater on the night of August 17 is the crew of the Jenny Rose, a purse seiner owned by Earl Small. (Don Dunbar photo)

2020

A CLEAN SWEEP. Scrubbing the bottom of the U.S. Coast Guard's 47-foot motor lifeboat at Deep Cove Marine Services are coastguardsmen from Station Eastport. The boat was hauled out for an eng

A CLEAN SWEEP

A CLEAN SWEEP. Scrubbing the bottom of the U.S. Coast Guard's 47-foot motor lifeboat at Deep Cove Marine Services are coastguardsmen from Station Eastport. The boat was hauled out for an engine replacement. (Edward French photo)

2020

Tribal-state relationship bills endorsed

Legislation to alter the relationship between the State of Maine and three of the tribes in the state took a major step forward on August 6, when a legislative committee endorsed three bills that would make changes to the act that governs that relationship.