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2019

Documentary film Dawnland wins an Emmy

Denise Altvater of Sipayik had taken off her high heels and put on her slippers, after looking at all of the "great documentaries" that the film Dawnland was competing against for an Emmy Award at Lincoln Center in New York City on September 24.

2019

Building to become entrepreneurship center in Machias

A long‑vacant storefront in the Machias downtown, the former Nash building, is on the path to becoming the Machias Valley Center for Entrepreneurship.

2019

Animal advocacy group alleges abuse of fish at Cooke hatchery

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is investigating a complaint made by a Washington, D.C.-based animal advocacy nonprofit that salmon at Cooke Aquaculture's hatchery in Bingham in western Maine are being abused.

2019

FINISHING THEIR JOURNEY from Portland to Eastport in a 17-foot Swampscott dory on October 8 are Paul Moughamian (left), Jayme Schroeder and Echo, a husky who stayed still during the trip. Th

FINISHING THEIR JOURNEY

FINISHING THEIR JOURNEY from Portland to Eastport in a 17-foot Swampscott dory on October 8 are Paul Moughamian (left), Jayme Schroeder and Echo, a husky who stayed still during the trip. The two men spent about half of the three-week journey rowing and the other half sailing, using a lug

2019

ON OPENING DAY of the sea urchin season, buyers at the Lubec boat launch check the roe count of the urchins brought in by local fishermen. “I never saw so many urchins out there in my life!”

ON OPENING DAY

ON OPENING DAY of the sea urchin season, buyers at the Lubec boat launch check the roe count of the urchins brought in by local fishermen. “I never saw so many urchins out there in my life!” complained an urchin dragger captain, concerning the Department of Marine Resources’ lower daily

2019

Opening of Campobello mail at border crossing raises concerns

Some Campobello Island residents are concerned that in recent weeks their mail, which is sent from the Canadian mainland by Canada Post by a bonded carrier to reach the island, is being opened and searched when it crosses the U.S. border at the U.S.

2019

National veterans’ cemetery to open in spring in Jonesboro

A second national veterans' cemetery in Maine is under construction because of a federal rural initiative program and help from a Washington County family. The $3.8 million cemetery currently under construction in Jonesboro is scheduled to open in the spring of 2020.