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2011

"NATURE'S GRACE," the new granite sculpture made by artist Jim Boyd of Hampton, N.B. (at right), is placed at Sutherland Overlook Park in Eastport on December 4. Eastport was one of the comm

"NATURE'S GRACE,"

"NATURE'S GRACE," the new granite sculpture made by artist Jim Boyd of Hampton, N.B. (at right), is placed at Sutherland Overlook Park in Eastport on December 4. Eastport was one of the communities chosen to receive a sculpture this year from the Schoodic International Sculpture

2011

SANTA COMES TO LUBEC, and Aiden Kennedy ponders his Christmas wish list before sharing his thoughts with Ol' Saint Nick. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)

SANTA COMES TO LUBEC,

SANTA COMES TO LUBEC, and Aiden Kennedy ponders his Christmas wish list before sharing his thoughts with Ol' Saint Nick. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)

2011

Wreath season off to warm start

The wreath-making season is under way, and both large and small operations are busy getting their products to market. Dugald Kell Sr.

2011

Firm to ship wood chips through port

Great Northern Timber Inc., based in Halifax, is expected to begin stockpiling wood chips at the Port of Eastport's new bulk material storage yard in January, with the first shipment to be loaded during the first quarter of the new year.

2011

Restaurants turn to local food for authentic and fresh flavors

Causing a restaurant cook's heart to sing is no small matter, so when Marilu Scott of Eastport's Bank Square Pizza and Deli rhapsodizes about the quality of the 200 pounds of tomatillos and 40 pounds of jalapeños she purchases from farmer Robin Follette of Seasons Eatings Farm in Talmadge,...

2011

High catches erased by low lobster prices

Unusually good catches -- up perhaps 30% -- are being wiped out by unusually low prices -- down by a dollar or more per pound -- for lobster fishermen in southwest New Brunswick, following the start of the season on November 8.

2011

Brownfield projects breathe life into underutilized sites

U.S. Route 1 winds along the coast of Washington County passing through towns and small cities that often have the vestiges of a more vibrant transportation-based industry left behind.