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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.

2017

Campobello motel owners in immigration limbo

Changing Canadian immigration laws have placed the owners of the Whale Watch Inn on Campobello Island in a precarious position that may force them to sell or shutter the inn and move back to the United States in March 2018.

2017

TWO IN ONE SWOOP! An eagle flies off with a mackerel in each talon in Head Harbour Passage. The avian fisherman was spotted from Eastport Windjammers’ boat Pier Pressure. (Don Dunbar photo)

TWO IN ONE SWOOP

TWO IN ONE SWOOP! An eagle flies off with a mackerel in each talon in Head Harbour Passage. The avian fisherman was spotted from Eastport Windjammers’ boat Pier Pressure. (Don Dunbar photo)

2017

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2017

Tribe planning not to harvest blueberry crop

The current glut of wild blueberries in the market has not only depressed prices significantly but is leaving some growers, including the Passamaquoddy Tribe, with no place to sell their berries.

2017

Senator hears healthcare fears

Over 20 Downeast healthcare organization leaders and providers met with U.S. Senator Angus King at Eastport Health Care (EHC) on the morning of July 5 to voice their concerns about the Senate's proposed legislation that would replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

2017

City’s breakwater celebrated amidst sea of red, white, blue

Cradled between "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and other patriotic songs played by the Maine Army National Guard band on the deck of the Eastport Port Authority office and the non-stop booming, brilliant flashes of the Eastport Fourth of July's fantastic fireworks display over the Navy...