2015
GIVING A CHEER
GIVING A CHEER as they get ready to deliver good cheer and bags of goodies to senior citizens in the Eastport area on December 5 is a large group of Eastport elves. (Don Dunbar photo)
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2015
WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR
WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES SHOULD APPEAR... Eleven-month-old Briella Mitchell looks up in wonder at Santa Claus during his visit that was hosted by the Eastport Youth Association on Sunday, December 6. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy Tides Rates:$31.65 a year in Washington County, Maine (tax included)
2015
Wreath-making rings in holidays
Wreath-making is under way in several Downeast locations, a sure sign that the holidays are beginning. The wreath-making season runs from November first until about December 15.
2015
New Brunswick fishermen see high catches, price for lobsters
At the break of day on November 10, Grand Manan lobster fisherman Laurence Cook joined fishermen throughout the Fundy Isles to leave port and set his 375 traps. After returning to take on bait, he went back to haul at 6 p.m.
2015
Mooring freezes enacted to prevent boat overcrowding
The loss of berthing for boats at the Eastport breakwater and an expected influx of scallop draggers have prompted communities around Cobscook Bay to freeze the number of boat moorings, as the mooring fields were becoming overcrowded.
2015
Lack of justice in killing hurts 50 years later
The 50th anniversary of the brutal killing of a Passamaquoddy man and the violent assault on another was marked in a somber ceremony of remembrance on November 14 at Sipayik.
2015
Communities unite in searching for man
A sacred fire has been burning and tribal has sounded since Sunday afternoon, November 22, on the Perry side of the Old Eastport Road, as the search for the body of a missing 23-year-old Pleasant Point man has been unceasing.