2017 Nonprofit eyes Calais site for nursing home A promising partner has come forward in Calais' quest for opening a new nursing home.
2017 Navy ship coming for Eastport Fourth A U.S. Navy destroyer will be docking at the Eastport breakwater for this year's Fourth of July festivities, for the first time in three years. The USS Lassen, a 509-foot Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, is expected to be at the downtown pier from July 1 through July 5.
2017 Downeast prison fate depends on budget decisions The fate of the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) is still in limbo. Rep. Will Tuell of East Machias explains that there are three versions of the state budget and each with its own variation of funding the Washington County-based prison.
2017 Council: no confidence in board The Calais City Council unanimously passed a vote of "no confidence" in the board of Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) following the hospital's public announcement that it would be closing its obstetrics wing in January of 2018.
2017 Area squeezed for summer help Washington County hospitality businesses that rely on seasonal employees from other countries that use the J-1 and/or H2B Visa program are finding that they are being squeezed hard this year. International students and employees aren't coming to the U.S.
2017 SPRING HAS SPRUNG SPRING HAS SPRUNG! Jumping for joy, it’s a brand new world for lambs exploring their pasture. (Chessie Crowe photo)