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2011

Pearl Harbor recalled by World War II veteran

Seventy years ago, on December 7, 1941, high school student Bernard Cheney of Lubec was gathered around the radio with other family members listening to news about the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

2011

Hearings on restarting Lepreau focus on risk from earthquakes

With the earthquake and tsunami that caused a meltdown at the Fukushima reactors in Japan last March fresh in everyone's minds, the risks posed by possible earthquakes to the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor were among the points pressed by those opposing the restarting of the generating station,...

2011

Food pantries’ shortages spur helping hands

When people are going hungry, every source of food starts to count. Registered Maine guide Clayton Blake saw an opportunity to help area food pantries when he heard something that clicked. Many animal carcasses involved in auto collisions were not being salvaged for meat.

2011

Funding cuts place senior meal service in Eastport at risk

At the end of December the Eastport Senior Center will be without a manager to coordinate the Community Café and other Eastern Area Agency on Aging (EAAA) services for seniors.

2011

Designer makes cut in dress competition

Last month Leon Sockbeson II of Pleasant Point sent a design sketch for a dress to the renowned designer Adrianna Papell...

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)