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2013

Artistic Inspiration Downeast

Lobster gear sink rope that spent its short lifespan attached to lobster traps belonging to Trescott fisherman Channon Jones has found new life in New York City. His pot warp was among the 1.4 million feet of recycled lobster trap line collected for and used by Brooklyn, N.Y., artist Orly Genger.

2013

Artistic Inspiration Downeast Artist earns honor

Artist Richard Van Buren was walking between his studio and house in Perry in late winter when his phone rang. On the phone was his art dealer. Van Buren relates, "He said, 'Where are you right now?'"

2013

Calais confronting $786,000 hike in school local share

AOS #77 Superintendent Jim Underwood did not mince words about the state of the Calais school budget while attending what was most likely his last meeting with the Calais School Committee on the evening of June 4.

2013

Alewives’ return to St. Croix celebrated

Alewives were welcomed home to the St. Croix River watershed, after a 19-year absence from 98% of their historic spawning grounds, during a ceremony at the Grand Falls dam on June 5.

2013

RUNNERS TAKE OFF at the starting line of the 2013 Down East Hospice Volunteers of Washington County fund-raising race on June 1 in Pembroke. (Don Dunbar photo)

RUNNERS TAKE OFF

RUNNERS TAKE OFF at the starting line of the 2013 Down East Hospice Volunteers of Washington County fund-raising race on June 1 in Pembroke. (Don Dunbar photo)

2013

IN JOYFUL CELEBRATION over the restoring of the alewife run to most of the St. Croix River watershed, all attending the homecoming ceremony at the Grand Falls dam on June 5 joined in a Passa

IN JOYFUL CELEBRATION

IN JOYFUL CELEBRATION over the restoring of the alewife run to most of the St. Croix River watershed, all attending the homecoming ceremony at the Grand Falls dam on June 5 joined in a Passamaquoddy round dance, as Denise Altvater, Vera Francis and others drummed and sang. (Edward French photo)

2013

Boys and Girls Club will run Grand Manan park

The New Brunswick provincial government announced on May 21 that the Anchorage Provincial Park, whose closure was announced in April, will operate for the 2013 season after all, under the management of the Grand Manan Boys and Girls Club.