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2011

City council to vote again on rezoning Staniels Road land

The Eastport City Council decision at the April council meeting to change the zoning of a parcel located on Staniels Road from residential to industrial has been found to have been made in error.

2011

PROUD of Coast Guard Station Eastport's new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium is Chief Austin Olmstead, officer in charge of the station. (Edward French photo)

PROUD

PROUD of Coast Guard Station Eastport's new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium is Chief Austin Olmstead, officer in charge of the station. (Edward French photo)

2011

A PAIL OF WATER gathered from the Atlantic Ocean at the Picture Rock petroglyph site in Machiasport is carried to a ceremony at Bad Little Falls, Machias, by Josephine Mandamin of the Ojibwa

A PAIL OF WATER

A PAIL OF WATER gathered from the Atlantic Ocean at the Picture Rock petroglyph site in Machiasport is carried to a ceremony at Bad Little Falls, Machias, by Josephine Mandamin of the Ojibway Tribe in Ontario (at right), walking with Joan Dana of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township. The

2011

Hunter mistaken for turkey by coyote

A coyote mistook an Edmunds hunter for a turkey on April 30, the first day of Maine's turkey hunting season, and sent him to the hospital for several bite wounds.

2011

RC&D funding cut in federal budget

Funding has been cut to Downeast Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) as part of a federal budget cut of $51 million to the national RC&D program. Downeast RC&D Council President Nathan Pennell explains that the news came on April 15 and the two staff members...

2011

Husson to end its operation of Boat School

The Boat School will be ending its operations under Husson University after its obligations have been met with all current students during the 2011‑2012 school year. After a thorough review of its operations, the Husson board of trustees made the determination at a meeting held on April 20.

2011

Ferry run between Eastport and Lubec to begin late June

A longtime local fishing vessel will be used to ferry passengers between Eastport and Lubec this summer. Captain Steven Pagels of Downeast Windjammer Cruises now owns the Quoddy Dam and will use it as a ferry for four round trips daily, except on Mondays, starting in late June.