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2013
A DOWNEAST MARITIME FOURTH
A DOWNEAST MARITIME FOURTH. THE FOURTH OF JULY IS CELEBRATED AROUND THE BAY with many traditions centered on the water. Successfully grabbing the flag during the Greasy Pole contest in Eastport is Ari Tomassetti of Westbrook, Conn. Jellyfish floating home for the Fourth won first place in the Eastport Torchlight
2013
A DOWNEAST MARITIME FOURTH
A DOWNEAST MARITIME FOURTH. THE FOURTH OF JULY IS CELEBRATED AROUND THE BAY with many traditions centered on the water. Successfully grabbing the flag during the Greasy Pole contest in Eastport is Ari Tomassetti of Westbrook, Conn. Jellyfish floating home for the Fourth won first place in the Eastport Torchlight
2013
Teams testing spill response pour into area
In an exercise to test the joint U.S. and Canadian response to an oil spill along the border between the two countries, hundreds of federal, state and provincial responders assembled in Calais and Saint John last week. The Canuslant exercise is held every other year.
2013
Towns to dazzle for Fourth celebrations
From color-filled pageants to heart-throbbing dory races, Lubec's Fourth of July program, planned by committee members Dana-Lee McConnell, Sherri Pike and Mary Ramsdell, will stretch the nation's birthday into nine days of everyone-together celebration.
2013
Local marathon participation runs high
The finish line was on Lubec's Water Street, but the starting point was at the West Quoddy Head Light, and also a year earlier. Four hundred and forty-seven runners completed the first Bay of Fundy International Marathon on June 23, and another 270 finished the 10-kilometer race.
2013
Towns to dazzle for Fourth celebrations
Another fun-filled Old Home Week is planned in the City of Eastport from Friday, June 29, through Saturday, July 6.
"The 4th of July Committee has put together a great program of events for 2013, and we're really excited to kick things off with the arrival of