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2019

Bills to target prison, opioids and funds to towns

Bills submitted by Washington County legislators would reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, restore the state's revenue sharing to municipalities to 5%, help fight the state's opioid crisis and assist wild blueberry growers, along with addressing many other measures.

2019

THE GREAT SARDINE is lowered at midnight on New Year’s Eve at Bank Square in Eastport. (Don Dunbar photo)

THE GREAT SARDINE

THE GREAT SARDINE is lowered at midnight on New Year’s Eve at Bank Square in Eastport. (Don Dunbar photo)

2019

LET IT SNOW! Scallop draggers work through a snow squall in Johnson Bay, Lubec. (Chessie Crowe photo)

LET IT SNOW

LET IT SNOW! Scallop draggers work through a snow squall in Johnson Bay, Lubec. (Chessie Crowe photo)

2018

UMM professor's lawsuit dismissed

A University of Maine at Machias economics professor is appealing a decision by a federal judge to dismiss his lawsuit against the university and its faculty union for infringing on his First Amendment rights.

2018

Community spirit builds window inserts to lower costs for heating

The closure of all of the Pennamaquan River to scallop dragging because of the mooring field off the Pembroke boat landing on Hersey Neck has upset some scallop fishermen who would like to drag in that area.

2018

Migrant wreath workers allege sexual harassment

A number of migrant workers allege that they were sexually harassed by a labor contractor working for Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, which is noted for its connection to the Wreaths Across America effort, and that those who confronted the contractor were subsequently fired.

2018

Lobster fishing bill draws focus onto grey zone

A bill to allow Maine lobster fishermen to haul their traps at night throughout most of the year in the disputed “grey zone” has again drawn attention to the 165-square-kilometre fishing area centered around Machias Seal Island that is claimed by the U.S. and Canada.