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2014

Renewable energy, efficiency demonstrated in new buildings

Three new buildings in Washington County are providing examples of energy efficiencies and heating systems that use everything from cordwood to geothermal heat to solar gain.

2014

Two Cabinet members visit Pleasant Point

Two of President Obama's Cabinet secretaries visited Pleasant Point on August 18 as part of a new initiative to reform the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) and improve the quality of education received by Native students in the U.S.

2014

Boat School board expands, awaits lawsuit judgment

Within a mere 75 minutes the Friends of the Boat School had garnered seven new board members, doubling the size of the board and bringing in the "fresh blood and new ideas" that long-time board member Dean Pike said was needed.

2014

PROCEEDING to the dance field during the Grand March are Indian Day participants at Sipayik. (Don Dunbar photo)

PROCEEDING

PROCEEDING to the dance field during the Grand March are Indian Day participants at Sipayik. (Don Dunbar photo)

2014

STAYING COOL and getting wet for a good cause on a hot August day are personnel from Federal Marine Terminals, Northeastern Longshoremen's Association and the City of Eastport who responded

STAYING COOL

STAYING COOL and getting wet for a good cause on a hot August day are personnel from Federal Marine Terminals, Northeastern Longshoremen's Association and the City of Eastport who responded to the Ice Bucket Challenge on August 20 by the Eastport Port Authority staff, who also participated. The

2014

School board in Robbinston looks for cuts

On the evening of August 4 the Robbinston school board struggled to come up with $67,933 in cuts to the school system budget. The board was required to do so by the town's voters at the July 28 budget referendum vote that saw townspeople uphold the budget that had been reduced.

2014

Large-scale water extraction subject of hearing in Perry

The Town of Perry has developed two ordinances that were scheduled to be the subject of a public hearing on the evening of Thursday, August 7. Both ordinances are unanimously supported by the town's selectmen.