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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

2012

SPRING HAS SPRUNG! The warm weather the week of March 19 brought many outside to enjoy the sunshine, including Christian McPhail, 8, and Ella Perkins, 5, who try out their scooters on an Eas

SPRING HAS SPRUNG

SPRING HAS SPRUNG! The warm weather the week of March 19 brought many outside to enjoy the sunshine, including Christian McPhail, 8, and Ella Perkins, 5, who try out their scooters on an Eastport street, as Jaylen Follis, 2, tries to keep up. (Edward French photo)

2012

Veteran remembers concentration camp ordeal

A 90-year-old Royal Air Force veteran who lives in St. Andrews will be a special guest on Sunday, April 1, for a screening of the documentary, Lost Airmen of Buchenwald, which will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the W.C. O'Neill Arena theatre.

2012

Traditional skills adapted for tidal project

Sections of the first commercial tidal turbine in the U.S. are now being assembled in Eastport, with "water-breaking," instead of a ground-breaking, expected within about a week in the waters of Cobscook Bay.

2012

Council favors cut in scallop season

Maine’s Scallop Advisory Council (SAC), at a meeting on March 7 in Bangor, took initial votes to significantly reduce both the length of the scallop season and the daily catch limit, as the members wrestled with how to reopen the 10 conservation areas that have been closed to scallop fishing in...

2012

Six rockweed plans for bay submitted

Six companies or individuals who submitted plans last year to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to harvest rockweed in Cobscook Bay again have submitted plans for 2012.

2012

DHHS to schedule hearing on closure of Atlantic Rehab

The residents of Calais and the greater Washington County area will be able to voice their concerns over the possible closure of Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Center in Calais.