2024
HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID
HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID! Lambs were born on Sunday, March 31, at Shofar Farms in Perry, including Blossom's twins, a boy and girl named Lad and Lady. (Josiah Guiltner photo)
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2024
Local shipping safety measures eyed after Key bridge disaster
The risks associated with ships or tankers traveling through Head Harbour Passage were hotly debated during the days of the Pittston oil refinery plan for Eastport and the LNG proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay.
2024
WCCC aims to meet need for EMS staff, nurses
Washington County is facing a critical shortage of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and nurses, causing ambulance services to run understaffed and hospitals to rely on high cost traveling nurses.
2024
Tidal power barrage revived in new proposal for Pembroke
The Pennamaquan River in Pembroke is once again being proposed as the site of a tidal barrage to create electric power, with a new name but with a similar design to one proposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by Halcyon Tidal Power and the subsidiary Pennamaquan Tidal Power...
2024
STEAM RISES
STEAM RISES as Colin Brown pours sap into an evaporator to make maple syrup at his home in Pembroke. (Edward French photo)
2024
THE DOWN EAST SUNRISE TRAIL
THE DOWN EAST SUNRISE TRAIL in Machias sustained heavy damage as a result of the flood event on March 10, being the third major flood event of the winter season. The Maine Department of Transportation, which owns the trail, recorded the estimated $530,000 in damage and will be repairing
2024
AOS central office may move out of Eastport
The AOS 77 central office may be heading out of Eastport to a new site outside of the AOS regional school district and for an annual cost that could be more than five times as much the current amount paid by the AOS for the space.