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2013

Accident causes Eastport blackout

A truck being driven by a Perry man who had too much to drink struck a pole in the early morning hours of Saturday, February 23, and caused the lights to go off in most of Eastport until lunchtime.

2013

Baileyville and Calais eye collaboration

Councillors and municipal staff from Calais and Baileyville met on the evening of February 21 to discuss ways in which the two communities could work together in a range of ways, from economic development to cost sharing of office supply purchases.

2013

SNORKELING in New Zealand is Elizabeth Hull, daughter of Travis and Kathy Hull of Cooper, along with other divers. She is participating in an Eco Quest Education program.

SNORKELING

SNORKELING in New Zealand is Elizabeth Hull, daughter of Travis and Kathy Hull of Cooper, along with other divers. She is participating in an Eco Quest Education program.

2013

PLAYING peek-a-boo around a tree in Eastport is a young deer. If it didn't see its shadow, will that mean spring is near? (Don Dunbar photo)

PLAYING

PLAYING peek-a-boo around a tree in Eastport is a young deer. If it didn't see its shadow, will that mean spring is near? (Don Dunbar photo)

2013

Wood pellet firm plans to create 75 jobs in Eastport

The investment company that is revitalizing the mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket is now poised to convert a former herring processing factory site in Eastport into a facility that will use waste wood from Maine's forests to make a clean fuel replacement for coal that will be shipped...

2013

Local woman helps youth go to college

A Maine Department of Labor employee from Dennysville who has been assisting young men and women under the Workforce Investment Act Youth Program in Machias says she has the best job in the world.

2013

Gun rights forum lacks balance

A well-rounded discussion about policy issues relating to gun rights, school safety, mental health and culture was in scarce supply at a February 12 public forum entitled Newtown Policy Issues Forum held at the University of Maine at Machias (UMM).