2025
SEVERAL STORIES
SEVERAL STORIES appear to be added to Eastport’s downtown buildings, as the cruise ship Seven Seas Splendor towers over them on September 22. (Edward French photo)
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2025
County budget auditor reported misstatements and deficiencies
In the March 20, 2025, report to the Washington County Commission about the recently completed 2021 county budget audit, auditor Stephen Hopkins wrote of a number of significant accounting and internal control deficiencies...
2025
Port authority weighs concerns over dredging
A proposed dredging project off the Eastport breakwater to allow larger cruise ships to tie up at the pier instead of being at anchor in the bay is causing some concern in the community...
2025
Moose down a well now has a tale to tell
Fifteen‑year‑old Cole Brown was up on a ladder building a shed when he heard a clamor coming from the alders behind him. He'd been hearing noises coming from the woods for hours, but this was a noise of a different magnitude.
2025
Islander’s hobby helps spread good cheer
Grand Mananer Jeanne Ingalls recently reached a milestone with a hobby that has grown into an island‑wide project to spread cheer and lift spirits. Ingalls makes greeting card booklets for birthdays, Christmas, get‑well and other occasions...
2025
CHARGING UP
CHARGING UP Boynton Street to the nursing home to entertain the residents at the start of the Eastport Pirate Festival is this group of swashbuckling pirates. See this issue for more coverage of the festival. (Don Dunbar photo)
2025
County voters face $11 million bond decision
Washington County residents will have to make some tough decisions at the November 4 election polls when faced with whether to vote for a $11 million general obligation bond to bail out the county's government.