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2016

DHHS closing offices, eyes online service

The Maine Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has not changed its decision to close its Calais office on November 1, despite the outcry from both employees and area residents. The closure appears to be part of a move by DHHS.

2016

Ballot questions split Mainers

Maine voters will face six referendum questions on the November 8 ballot, with issues ranging from background checks for gun sales, the legalization of marijuana and a new funding proposal for schools, to raising the minimum wage and adopting a new system for voting.

2016

ABOUT 50 WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS were spotted off Leighton Point in Pembroke on October 19 by Markley Boyer, who took this photo from his kayak using a drone. “I’ve been coming to Pembroke for

ABOUT 50 WHITE

ABOUT 50 WHITE-SIDED DOLPHINS were spotted off Leighton Point in Pembroke on October 19 by Markley Boyer, who took this photo from his kayak using a drone. “I’ve been coming to Pembroke for 45 years and have never seen anything like it,” he says. According to Moira Brown, a

2016

SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Political signs of all stripes and colors can be found in the Quoddy area. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy Tides Rates:$35 a year in Washington County, Maine (t

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Political signs of all stripes and colors can be found in the Quoddy area. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy Tides Rates:$35 a year in Washington County, Maine (tax included) $42 a year in Maine, but outside of Washington (tax included) $42 a year in

2016

Traveller to visit every U.S. national park

This past April Mikah Meyer began a road trip that will take him to all of the 413 units of the National Park Service (NPS) over the next four years.

2016

Recognition for tribe in Canada advances

The traditional territory of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, centered around the St. Croix River, extends from Mount Desert Island in Maine to Point Lepreau in New Brunswick. But while the tribe has been federally recognized by the U.S.

2016

New sea lice treatment may up farmed salmon numbers

Farmed salmon production in Maine, which dropped off after the infectious salmon anemia (ISA) outbreaks more than 15 years ago but has slowly grown back, could double if Cooke Aquaculture is successful in using an environmentally friendly process to remove sea lice from the fish.