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2017

Blueberry growers face uncertain future

“I never thought this would ever happen,” says Justin Day, 81, who has harvested his 100 acres of blueberry fields in Cooper for 50 years and whose father and grandfather before him had the fields, starting around 1900.

2017

WISPS OF LIGHT create an abstract design with these fireworks set off by the Grand Manan Fire Department at the Rotary Festival on August 6. (Arlene Benham photo)

WISPS OF LIGHT

WISPS OF LIGHT create an abstract design with these fireworks set off by the Grand Manan Fire Department at the Rotary Festival on August 6. (Arlene Benham photo)

2017

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2017

Timeline for Sipayik school delayed a year

After some frustrating delays, plans for the new school at Sipayik appear now to be on a more definite timeline, with the building expected to be ready to welcome school children in the fall of 2019.

2017

Passamaquoddy aims to reclaim role of two-spirit people

It takes a particular kind of strength to live in a world where one's culture has been violently oppressed and the remnants of that oppression are visible on a daily basis. It takes more strength still to embrace aspects of oneself that are even more counter to the dominant culture.

2017

Eastport’s deer hunt could see option to donate to pantries

The 2017 special deer hunt planned in the City of Eastport includes a number of changes from last year's hunt, all to help facilitate the efficient culling of the city's burgeoning deer population.

2017

CRH board accepts city’s plea for public input, transparency

Tensions ran high periodically throughout a meeting between the Calais City Council and Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) on Thursday, July 13, but, after both parties had the opportunity to present their situation, a mutual agreement to work toward transparency was reached.