2012
Greenhouse project growing more than year-round harvest
On a late January day in Eastport two residents were sitting in their lawn chairs, in shorts, with toes bared and digging into warm sand.
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2012
Off-island sale of license riles Grand Manan
The Grand Manan Fishermen's Association (GMFA) is asking the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to place an immediate freeze on all lobster license transfers to nonresidents of the island after a lobster license was sold outside Lobster Fishing Area (LFA) #38 to a company from the...
2012
Consortium begins dialogue to tackle prescription abuse
Calling the misuse of prescription pain medication "an epidemic across the country," Maine Medical Association Executive Vice President Gordon Smith introduced a roster of speakers prepared to address the problem.
2012
FLYING AWAY
FLYING AWAY on January 28 with a pickerel that was left on the Boyden's Lake ice by fishermen is a bald eagle. (Don Dunbar photo))
2012
THRILL
THRILL-SEEKING SLEDDERS Jude and Veda Zanoni (riding up front) and Winnie French (in back) took to the slopes at Cobscook Bay State Park during the Winter Family Fun Day on January 28.(Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)
2012
Federal Marine may sign for wood chip contract
Although the Eastport Port Authority board voted at its November meeting to operate the bulk storage yard at the port, Federal Marine Terminals has presented a proposal to the board to operate the yard itself.
2012
Closure is not imminent at Atlantic Rehab
Calais and neighboring communities in Washington County were caught by surprise when rumors began to circulate on Monday, January 23, that Atlantic Rehabilitation and Nursing Center might be closed by its corporate owner, First Atlantic Healthcare of Portland.