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2012

Size of boat ramp parcel disappoints Eastport committee

The committee appointed by the Eastport City Council to plan for the new Deep Cove boat ramp project hit a bump at its first meeting. The committee has just started the work of researching and finding the funds to build a new public access boat ramp on Deep Cove Road.

2012

Public ownership weighed as Atlantic Rehab loses residents

Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Calais has had 14 residents relocate to other facilities since the news broke in late January that its parent company, First Atlantic Healthcare, planned to close the facility within two years.

2012

HONORING DAVID SIVRET on the occasion of his promotion to major and retirement from the Maine National Guard is Maine National Guard Major General John W. "Bill" Libby. The ceremony was held

HONORING DAVID SIVRET

HONORING DAVID SIVRET on the occasion of his promotion to major and retirement from the Maine National Guard is Maine National Guard Major General John W. "Bill" Libby. The ceremony was held in Calais on February 9 and was part of a larger event honoring veterans. (Lora Whelan

2012

MORE THAN 150 DIPPERS took the plunge at the 12th annual Washington County Community College Student Senate's Polar Bear Dip at Split Rock at Pleasant Point. The determined participants rais

MORE THAN 150 DIPPERS

MORE THAN 150 DIPPERS took the plunge at the 12th annual Washington County Community College Student Senate's Polar Bear Dip at Split Rock at Pleasant Point. The determined participants raised more than $22,000 for the Ronald McDonald House in Bangor. (Don Dunbar photo)

2012

Couples share secrets of marriage

Valentine's Day is all about loving and being loved, so three couples in the Quoddy area were asked how they found their life partners and what makes their marriages work.

2012

Tribe asserts rights to fish in offshore, near-shore waters

The Passamaquoddy Tribe is asserting its fishing rights in both near-shore and offshore waters, from Point Lepreau to Cape Ann, Mass., as it develops a new fisheries management plan that may place the tribe at odds with the state of Maine and the U.S. and Canadian governments.

2012

Local schools hit hard by cuts in subsidy

A sudden reversal of fortunes for area school districts hit school and municipal officials late last week, as preliminary state subsidy figures that had previously indicated districts would receive more funding now show almost all of them will lose funding.