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2019

Voters elect Williamson as MP

Voters in New Brunswick Southwest gave Conservative candidate John Williamson another chance to represent them in Ottawa on October 21. He received 19,457 votes in Canada's 43rd general election, giving him a margin of more than 9,000 over Liberal Karen Ludwig...

2019

Two young Dennysville women finish AT hike

Alayna Caricofe of Dennysville was inspired to hike the length of the Appalachian Trail (AT) after she read the book A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson when she was a seventh grade student at Edmunds Consolidated School.

2019

Plan outlines options to expand airport for economic initiatives

Eastport resident Ron DeFilippo's early love of all things aviation didn't lead to a career path, but now that he's retired and has time and energy on his hands he's returned to that early interest with a proposal for the Eastport City Council...

2019

Illegal cutting of rockweed in Cobscook Bay alleged

Allegations of illegal rockweed cutting in Cobscook Bay -- with harvesters not obtaining the permission of the upland property owners -- have again brought the issue to the fore and raised questions about whether rockweed companies are following the Maine Supreme Judicial Court decision last...

2019

Barge headed to aid Bahamas stops traffic for a day Downeast

It's a rare day when traffic comes to a standstill Downeast, but it happened October 21 when a 50‑foot-long barge was being transported from Bucks Harbor enroute to Florida.

2019

PICKING UP survivors from a life raft are crew members on the U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport’s 47-foot motor lifeboat, during the joint search and rescue exercise held with the Canadian C

PICKING UP

PICKING UP survivors from a life raft are crew members on the U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport’s 47-foot motor lifeboat, during the joint search and rescue exercise held with the Canadian Coast Guard on October 9 off Deer Island. See this issue for coverage of the exercise. (P.

2019

DEMONSTRATING against the proposed Tomah Water project were over two dozen people from around Maine outside the Indian Township tribal office on Sunday, October 20. See this issue for covera

DEMONSTRATING

DEMONSTRATING against the proposed Tomah Water project were over two dozen people from around Maine outside the Indian Township tribal office on Sunday, October 20. See this issue for coverage of the protest. (Robin Farrin photo)