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2016

RUNNING INTO SPRING! The thrill of an egg-citing search brings smiles and laughter to Campobello youngsters during the sixth annual community Easter egg hunt in Herring Cove Provincial Park.

RUNNING INTO SPRING

RUNNING INTO SPRING! The thrill of an egg-citing search brings smiles and laughter to Campobello youngsters during the sixth annual community Easter egg hunt in Herring Cove Provincial Park. The event was organized by the Campobello Canada Day Committee and supported by community members and the Rural Community of

2016

Public safety fields need new recruits

Washington County mirrors state and national trends in recruiting and retaining volunteers and career professionals in the fields of public safety.

2016

Legislation allows for tribal elver fishery without individual quotas

Legislation that allows the state to enter into agreements with the tribes in the state to provide for the taking of elvers without individual allocations of quota was passed unanimously in the Maine Senate and House of Representatives on March 3.

2016

Former addicts tell about their lives at forum

"I was 22. The girl I'd been with for seven years -- we were engaged -- died as a direct result of a drug overdose. I had two of my best friends die within a year. Then it got worse," Chris Wood says.

2016

Downeast Correctional Facility likely to stay, may see changes

The Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Washington County will remain if a bill before the legislature is approved, but what form the minimum-security reentry facility may take is still to be determined.

2016

THE PLAY "Indian Radio Days: An Evolving Bingo Experience" opened with Maria Girouard interviewing Matthew Altvater regarding the coming of the Mayflower. The play was performed by the Waban

INDIAN RADIO DAYS

THE PLAY "Indian Radio Days: An Evolving Bingo Experience" opened with Maria Girouard interviewing Matthew Altvater regarding the coming of the Mayflower. The play was performed by the Wabanaki Intertribal Theater Troupe on March 8 at Sipayik. (Robin Farrin photo)

2016

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THE FIRST LIGHT

THE FIRST LIGHT of a new day is viewed by David Francis Sr., a Passamaquoddy elder, as he looks across the bay named after the tribe and as the dawn of the new millennium approached in late December 1999. The Passamaquoddys are a part of the Wapaponihik, the People of