The Most Easterly Published Newspaper in the US

Published the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month

Sign in Free newsletter

Back Archive

2013

Public controversy over rockweed bill voiced in Augusta

Thirty-three individuals spoke at the March 20 hearing by the legislature's Marine Resources Committee on a bill that would require the development of a statewide approach to seaweed management and would scrap the existing law creating the Cobscook Bay Rockweed Management Area that was...

2013

TOM POTTLE cuts wood on a 90-acre parcel he owns off the South Meadow Road in Perry. He sells to Woodland Pulp and Verso Paper, along with supplying his own business, Pembroke Lumber. Every

TOM POTTLE

TOM POTTLE cuts wood on a 90-acre parcel he owns off the South Meadow Road in Perry. He sells to Woodland Pulp and Verso Paper, along with supplying his own business, Pembroke Lumber. Every winter, before mud season, he tries "to enhance the lots to higher quality species

2013

HEADING into the water during the Washington County Community College Polar Bear Dip on March 15 at Pleasant Point are students from Calais High School. About 100 dippers from as far away as

HEADING

HEADING into the water during the Washington County Community College Polar Bear Dip on March 15 at Pleasant Point are students from Calais High School. About 100 dippers from as far away as Germany, Switzerland and Italy braced the icy waters of Passamaquoddy Bay to raise money for the Ronald

2013

Residents fire off questions on tidal project

If the Pennamaquan Tidal Power project meets all the permitting requirements of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), it will take at least five years before it's built, according Albion Goodwin of Pembroke, organizer of the Pennamaquan Power Advisory Committee.

2013

Preliminary figures show more subsidy losses for area schools

While preliminary state subsidy amounts for K-12 education next year do not indicate any dramatic losses for area schools, as occurred last year, some local towns could lose up to 7% of their total school budget.

2013

Opposition to rockweed bill grows in area

A proposal to repeal the Cobscook Bay rockweed law and adopt a statewide plan for seaweed harvesting has stirred up opposition Downeast.

2013

Cap on elver licenses for tribe debated

Nearly 20 people traveled to Augusta on March 6 to testify before the legislature's Marine Resources Committee on a bill that would cap the number of elver fishing licenses issued by the Passamaquoddy Tribe.