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2016

Downeast area welcomes wave of cyclists

By all accounts the BikeMaine visit Downeast was a stunning success. With over 400 cyclists, 75 BikeMaine staff and hundreds of volunteers involved, the winding back roads and small communities along Washington County's coast were busy for the week of September 12.

2016

Alexander family’s story recounted at POW/MIA ceremony

With the highest per capita ratio of veterans in the state of Maine -- a state with a legacy of mustering among the highest per capita number of soldiers -- Washington County families are well familiar with the cost of war.

2016

STUDENTS from the Eastport Elementary School are helped off the back of a school bus to run to a secure location, as armed law enforcement and Coast Guard personnel guard the site, after a t

STUDENTS

STUDENTS from the Eastport Elementary School are helped off the back of a school bus to run to a secure location, as armed law enforcement and Coast Guard personnel guard the site, after a threat was received at the Eastport schools on September 20. (Edward French photo)

2016

WAVING as they ride along the causeway after their stay in Eastport are some of the over 400 cyclists who participated in the BikeMaine event Downeast. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quo

WAVING

WAVING as they ride along the causeway after their stay in Eastport are some of the over 400 cyclists who participated in the BikeMaine event Downeast. (Edward French photo) Subscribe to Quoddy Tides Rates:$35 a year in Washington County, Maine (tax included) $42 a year in Maine, but outside

2016

Welshpool Landing takes on a new life

Welshpool Landing is open for business," announced Joseph Gough, president of the Friar's Bay Development Association Inc., at the start of the ribbon-cutting ceremony held September 7 at the Welshpool Wharf.

2016

Tissue mill’s opening met with optimism

Two years after first breaking ground, St. Croix Tissue held a formal grand opening ceremony on August 31 in Baileyville, just outside the facility that now hosts two state-of-the-art automated tissue machines.

2016

ORPC returns Downeast with energy projects

Ocean Renewable Power Company and its subsidiary, OPRC Solutions LLC, will be returning to Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays starting in the fall. With the news that ORPC has been awarded $5.3 million in Department of Energy funds towards a $10 million project...