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2018

New chief eyes visioning and nation-building

For the first time, two women are leading the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Sipayik, with Marla Dana being the first elected female chief and Elizabeth "Maggie" Dana having been reelected vice chief in the September 18 election.

2018

Lubec school budget vote: sixth time's the charm

The Lubec school board needed three months to pass its sixth budget proposal, but it took the 34 voters who showed up at the October 4 referendum only 55 minutes to approve the 13-article warrant...

2018

Dead whale washes ashore on Grand Manan

Researchers are hoping that the testing of samples will shed some light on the cause of death for a minke whale, which washed ashore near Long Eddy on Grand Manan on September 27.

2018

New chief eyes visioning and nation-building

“Working with wood helps me make sense of the world,” says Erik Squire, who loves wood and surrounds himself with it every single day. The Connecticut-born woodworker has been hard at work since 1997, fashioning useful and beautiful wood moldings, windows, doors and just about anything else found on a

2018

OPENING DAY

OPENING DAY

OPENING DAY of sea urchin season brought low prices for the crew of the David & Dad, dragging in the Lubec Narrows. Warm waters have delayed the maturing of urchin roe, leaving buyers less eager to purchase their daily catch. See this issue for coverage of the urchin season Downeast.

2018

A CORMORANT HELICOPTER out of Greenwood, N.S., lifts a coastguardsman from U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport’s 45-foot response boat during a training exercise off Eastport on October 4. See

A CORMORANT HELICOPTER

A CORMORANT HELICOPTER out of Greenwood, N.S., lifts a coastguardsman from U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport’s 45-foot response boat during a training exercise off Eastport on October 4. See this issue for coverage of the mass-casualty exercise. (Edward French photo)

2018

Sipayik health center cited for care violations

The Pleasant Point Health Center (PPHC) did not meet a number of federal and tribal health and safety requirements for quality of care during the period from 2014 through 2016, according to a report issued in July by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General.