2016
Sturgeon reshuffle breakwater work
First it was seals, porpoises and whales and now it's sturgeon and salmon that are limiting the timing of work on the two-year $15 million Eastport breakwater renovation.
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2016
Many UT families denied waivers, told they can appeal no further
Seven out of 12 families in Trescott, Cathance and Marion who appealed the Education in the Unorganized Territory (EUT) decision to move their children from their elementary schools of choice to the EUT school in Edmunds have had their requests denied.
2016
Local teens chosen for climate congress
Two Passamaquoddy teenagers from Pleasant Point have been chosen to attend the 2016 Inter-Tribal Youth Climate Leadership Congress (ITYCLC) from July 5 through July 12 in Shepardstown, Va.
2016
Group shares resources to fight against poverty
Representatives from local organizations dedicated to empowering the impoverished met on Tuesday, May 24, at the Immaculate Conception Church in Calais to share and discuss resources for combatting poverty in the eastern Maine region.
2016
Dispute over clam digging spurs proposal
A proposal to limit the number of non-resident clam diggers to 10% of the resident number in Perry and Pembroke led to a very heated meeting of the shellfish committee for the two towns on May 12.
2016
ALEWIVES
ALEWIVES swim up the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. (Don Dunbar photo)
2016
PIPES AND DRUMS
PIPES AND DRUMS. Bagpiper Jesse Macintosh is joined by drummer David Barnes of the Passamaquoddy Tribe, as Scottish and Native American cultures blend in impromptu busking on the Eastport seawall on a foggy May evening. Macintosh and Monica Thompson have been traveling across the country making music “that speaks to