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2012

Towns weigh impact of AOS withdrawal

Calais residents who attended the October 22 Calais School Liaison Committee meeting voiced their concerns about their city leaving the AOS. One member of the public said during the public question-and-answer segment, "Other communities are having trouble.

2012

Towns weigh impact of AOS withdrawal

AOS #77 board members and residents of towns in the Sunrise County School System, at an October 17 meeting of the AOS board in Perry, expressed their unhappiness that Calais and possibly Eastport are considering leaving the AOS. Calais residents will be voting during the general election on November 6

2012

SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Political signs dot the landscape. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)

SIGNS OF THE TIMES

SIGNS OF THE TIMES. Political signs dot the landscape. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)

2012

A FUTURE FIREFIGHTER? Firefighter Tom Critchley and kindergartner Jesse Calame try out spraying water with a fire hose during a visit to the Timothy P. Mullen Central Fire Station by Eastpor

A FUTURE FIREFIGHTER

A FUTURE FIREFIGHTER? Firefighter Tom Critchley and kindergartner Jesse Calame try out spraying water with a fire hose during a visit to the Timothy P. Mullen Central Fire Station by Eastport Elementary School students in Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten and grades 1 and 2 on October 18. The visit was part

2012

The World comes to Eastport and St. Andrews

The first cruise ship season in the Eastport area ended on a high note with the arrival and departure of ResidenSea's condominium ship The World on October 9. The 12-deck vessel credits itself as being the largest privately owned residential yacht on the planet...

2012

Area cross-border emergency communication to be enhanced

The Washington County Emergency Management Agency, over a four-year period, has brought in about $1.2 million in grant monies that have implemented a narrow band conversion process that is required by the federal government to be completed by January 2013.

2012

Lubec voters reject new public garage proposed for town

By more than a two-to-one margin, Lubec voters turned down the proposed expenditure of $965,107 for a new town garage and sand storage facility.