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2015

Lacking manpower, fire department in Cooper to disband

The Cooper Volunteer Fire Department is not able to legally function, stated Fire Chief Trevor Flood at the August 15 Cooper Select Board meeting. He explained that this decision came during a recent meeting of the fire department personnel and its board of directors.

2015

Festival to dish up tasty treats

The 28th annual Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival will be held on Saturday and Sunday, September 5 and 6, and Eastport Area Chamber of Commerce director Meg Keay says it will be the perfect occasion to end the summer.

2015

East Machias hatchery working to bring Atlantic salmon home

On a cool sunlit morning, as mist hovers over the stream, the salmon begin to move, returning home. There is nothing like the sight of a salmon returning from the ocean waters, up a river to where it began life, to spawn and make new life.

2015

Bounty of booty will bedazzle

The 10th annual Eastport Pirate Festival will be held on September 11, 12 and 13 and include least 80 events. The Eastport Pirate Festival's official kickoff, though, will be on Saturday, September 5, when Eastport pirates invade Lubec by land, sea and air.

2015

ARTIST AMY BARTLETT WRIGHT holds up her finalized concept image of the soon-to-be-completed mural on the side of the Calais Community Thrift Store. Bartlett Wright has been working since Aug

ARTIST AMY BARTLETT WRIGHT

ARTIST AMY BARTLETT WRIGHT holds up her finalized concept image of the soon-to-be-completed mural on the side of the Calais Community Thrift Store. Bartlett Wright has been working since August 12 to complete the wall-sized mural, which shows a well-known steamship plying the waters of the St. Croix River alongside

2015

A FOGGY BALLET. Heavy construction equipment moves through the mist as CPM Constructors drives sheet piling and removes fill from the Eastport breakwater on an August morning. The reconstruc

A FOGGY BALLET

A FOGGY BALLET. Heavy construction equipment moves through the mist as CPM Constructors drives sheet piling and removes fill from the Eastport breakwater on an August morning. The reconstruction work is expected to take two years. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy Tides Rates:$31.65 a year in Washington

2015

Select board, budget committee clash in Lubec

Sharp disagreements between the Lubec Select Board and the budget committee set the tone for the annual town meeting held on August 4. It took three and a half hours to approve 48 articles, with 72 registered Lubec voters participating.