2019
Eastport 4th offers a fun-filled festival
The Port of Eastport will again be hosting a U.S. Navy vessel during the Old Home Week festivities, which are being held from Sunday, June 30, to Saturday, July 6.
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2019
Artists celebrated for lifetime of work
Sculptures by Richard Van Buren and mixed media representing dance works by Batya Zamir will be on exhibit in Dennysville at the private gallery, Atelier La Forest.
2019
HISTORY CAME TO LIFE
HISTORY CAME TO LIFE at this year’s Margaretta Days Festival. Members of the Machias Committee of Safety were on hand providing plenty of excitement as the group conducted a number of skirmish battles between patriots and British soldiers on the commons of the University of Maine at Machias. (RJ
2019
BREAKING THE TAPE
BREAKING THE TAPE, Sarah Mulcahy repeated as the first woman to cross the finish line in the Bay of Fundy International Marathon, less than eight minutes behind the first male finisher, Robert Ashby. A total of 602 runners completed one of four races, from the 10K to the 52K ultramarathon.
2019
West Grand dam fishway opening both hailed, decried by groups
In a significant move to restore sea-run alewives to their historic spawning grounds in the St. Croix River watershed, Woodland Pulp opened the fishway at the West Grand Lake dam on June 5, complying with an order by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
2019
NPS to seek lessee for Red Beach house
The beleaguered McGlashan-Nickerson house, owned by the National Park Service (NPS) and located in Red Beach as part of the St. Croix Island International Historic Site complex, may have a new lease on life.
2019
Margaretta Days are fired up
Machias will be filled with the sights and sounds of history during the Margaretta Days Festival on Friday and Saturday, June 14 and 15, as homage is made to significant historical events that occurred in June of 1775.