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2013

Food pantries see increase in local need

The poor economy and high cost of healthcare and fuel on both sides of the international border are causing an increase in the number of people going to local food pantries for aid in Washington and Charlotte counties.

2013

Hundreds ring in new year in Eastport

Eastport was once again the place to be for New Year's Eve fun, and this year people all over the world were able to turn on their televisions and see how it is celebrated in the port city.

2013

All 10 towns to stay in AOS without Calais

During the January 3 meeting of the AOS #77 school board in Perry to discuss the withdrawal of Calais, the remaining municipalities in the AOS indicated they would stay in the school system, at least for the following year...

2013

COUNTING DOWN TO THE NEW YEAR. A large crowd watches in Bank Square, Eastport, as the giant sardine descends at midnight from the third story of the Tides Institute & Museum of Art on New Ye

COUNTING DOWN TO THE NEW YEAR

COUNTING DOWN TO THE NEW YEAR. A large crowd watches in Bank Square, Eastport, as the giant sardine descends at midnight from the third story of the Tides Institute & Museum of Art on New Year's Eve. (Don Dunbar photo)

2013

WIND IN THE FACE, and over hard-packed snow, a-sledding we go! This sledder was enjoying a hill at Quoddy Head Station, located on West Quoddy Head in Lubec. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)

WIND IN THE FACE,

WIND IN THE FACE, and over hard-packed snow, a-sledding we go! This sledder was enjoying a hill at Quoddy Head Station, located on West Quoddy Head in Lubec. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)

2012

Reduction in hours proposed for 15 county post offices

The U.S. Postal Service is moving ahead with plans to reduce hours at 244 Maine post offices, including 15 in Washington County, over the next year as a cost-saving measure.

2012

Search suspended for Grand Manan lobster fisherman

Passengers returning to Grand Manan on the late ferry on Thursday night, December 20, were met with an ominous spectacle. A row of brilliant lights spread across the water, lighting the low clouds with a sickly glow.