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2018

New year to ring in new city leadership

At a special Eastport City Council meeting held on Tuesday, December 11, the council voted to hire Ross Argir as the new city manager. Argir is an attorney who has been working with Pine Tree Legal Assistance.

2018

AOS 77 hacking affects hundreds

The AOS 77 school system's central office computer server was hacked sometime after schools were let out for the Thanksgiving break, resulting in a possible data breach of personal information for hundreds of current and former employees of the schools in the AOS.

2018

THE CHRISTMAS PARADE sponsored by the Calais Lioness drew a a great many people to the city’s downtown on December 7 and featured a large number of walkers and floats, including Due East’s f

THE CHRISTMAS PARADE

THE CHRISTMAS PARADE sponsored by the Calais Lioness drew a a great many people to the city’s downtown on December 7 and featured a large number of walkers and floats, including Due East’s float with Santa. Children visited with Santa after the parade at the downtown community park,

2018

TELLING SANTA what he wants for Christmas during the community Christmas party at the Peavey Memorial Library in Eastport on December 8 is Robin Leavitt. (Don Dunbar photo)

TELLING SANTA

TELLING SANTA what he wants for Christmas during the community Christmas party at the Peavey Memorial Library in Eastport on December 8 is Robin Leavitt. (Don Dunbar photo)

2018

Tribe cites sovereignty in debate over church building restoration

The discussion was respectful but firm from Passamaquoddy tribal members at the November 20 meeting to consider the fate of St. Ann's Catholic Church at Sipayik -- both the church building itself and the 15 stained glass windows in the church and four in the connected convent.

2018

Students thrive under TREE education program

Students at the elementary schools in Milbridge, Jonesport and now Charlotte are thriving under the efforts of an educational pilot project that is creating a new way of addressing barriers to learning, particularly stressors that happen outside of the school.

2018

Future of historic home at St. Croix site under scrutiny

About 10 interested people gathered at the St. Croix Island International Historic Site's visitor center for an open house on the afternoon of November 19 to share comments about the fate of the site's historic McGlashan-Nickerson House.