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2012

Tribal members weigh use of $12 million in settlement funds

While petitions have been signed by several hundred members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to have a recent multi-million settlement award from the U.S. government distributed among the tribal members, tribal councillors are pointing out that the money has not yet been received...

2012

Titanic touches lives 100 years after disaster

April 15 of this year marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, "the unsinkable ship" that would go down on her maiden voyage.

2012

Eastport triplets turn one year old

It's not every day that a family gets to celebrate the first year birthday of their triplets. At the Eastport home of Anthony and Melissa Newcomb on Sunday, April 1, the one-year anniversary of the birth of their three sons was marked by two birthday parties.

2012

Testimony reveals nursing home bed removal hardships

Well over 100 people attended the April 5 Department of Health and Human Services' (DHHS) reconsideration hearing of the certificate of need (CON) granted to First Atlantic Healthcare for the removal of 52 nursing home beds from the Calais-based Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Home to...

2012

ELVER FYKE NETS can now be spotted in many Downeast rivers, including the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. Fishermen have been receiving about $1,800 a pound for the glass eels. (Edward French

ELVER FYKE NETS

ELVER FYKE NETS can now be spotted in many Downeast rivers, including the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. Fishermen have been receiving about $1,800 a pound for the glass eels. (Edward French photo)

2012

"DANCE, DANCE, DANCE" was one of the pieces sung and performed by the concert chorus during the Washington County Music Festival on March 31 at Woodland High School. Sixteen county schools w

"DANCE, DANCE, DANCE"

"DANCE, DANCE, DANCE" was one of the pieces sung and performed by the concert chorus during the Washington County Music Festival on March 31 at Woodland High School. Sixteen county schools were represented at the festival. (Edward French photo)

2012

THE BIG LIFT. A 500-ton crane lifts onto a barge at Deep Cove in Eastport the 96-000-pound base support frame for Ocean Renewable Power Company's first grid-connected, commercial TidGen Powe

THE BIG LIFT

THE BIG LIFT. A 500-ton crane lifts onto a barge at Deep Cove in Eastport the 96-000-pound base support frame for Ocean Renewable Power Company's first grid-connected, commercial TidGen Power System. The frame was moved onto the barge by Perry Marine & Construction workers on March 18 and