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A pipeline providing a clean water supply to homes known to have contaminated water in Bucks Harbor, Machiasport, is on hold, according to a spokesperson for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

A juvenile humpback whale that washed ashore on the beach at Boot Cove in Lubec on April 17 had been dead for some time, so researchers have not been able to determine a cause of death. They may let the whale continue to decompose on the beach, since it is currently not near any human presence.