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2019

Campobello ferry expected to begin run soon

Following a one-year interruption in service, a seasonal ferry between Campobello and Deer Island is expected to return to its run by mid-June, if not sooner. The lack of the ferry service had caused a significant economic impact on Campobello last summer...

2019

AGAINST A BACKDROP OF STORM CLOUDS over Western Passage, the U.S. flag still flies above the graves of those now at rest at Bayside cemetery in Eastport. (Edward French photo)

AGAINST A BACKDROP OF STORM CLOUDS

AGAINST A BACKDROP OF STORM CLOUDS over Western Passage, the U.S. flag still flies above the graves of those now at rest at Bayside cemetery in Eastport. (Edward French photo)

2019

SAFE! Jacob Cook of the Shead Tigers slides safely into home plate during a high school baseball game against the Narraguagus Knights on May 9. Narraguagus ended up winning the game by a sco

SAFE! Jacob Cook of the Shead Tigers slides safely into home plate during a high school baseball game against the Narraguagus Knights on May 9. Narraguagus ende

SAFE! Jacob Cook of the Shead Tigers slides safely into home plate during a high school baseball game against the Narraguagus Knights on May 9. Narraguagus ended up winning the game by a score of 5 to 1. (Don Dunbar photo)

2019

UMM students produce thought provoking documentary

The most recent film produced by the University of Maine at Machias (UMM) Downeast Documentary course students is a study in finesse.

2019

Pre release center to be built at prison site

The 15 months of limbo have been resolved for the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, with Governor Janet Mills and the Washington County legislative delegation announcing on May 3 that they have reached an agreement to build a new pre-release center on the existing DCF grounds.

2019

Legislative panel eyes changes to allow rockweed harvesting

In the wake of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's March 28 decision that rockweed in the intertidal zone is the property of the upland landowner and not a public resource, a legislative committee is seeking to craft a means through statute to allow for commercial rockweed harvesting -- and the...

2019

Fire destroys home of Perry family of four

A Perry family of four lost their house and all of their possessions to a very hot fire on Tuesday evening, April 30. The home of Larry and Tiffany Hilderbrand Jr. and their two daughters, Ara, age 6, and Jemma, age 3, was completely destroyed by the blaze.