2011
RUNNING THE CRATES
RUNNING THE CRATES instead of walking the plank during the Eastport Pirate Festival is Isaiah Chevrier of Eastport, who won the lobster crate race by crossing twice. (Donald Dunbar photo)
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2011
Woodland Pulp weighs plans for LP mill
The corporate owner of the pulp mill in Baileyville has acquired from the Louisiana-Pacific (LP) Corporation the former oriented-strand board (OSB) mill that is next to the pulp mill.
2011
Lubec eyes police department option
Responding to what has been termed a perennial issue, the Lubec Board of Selectmen has established a committee to explore the possibility of establishing a local police department within the town.
2011
Investigation ongoing of guns, ammunition hidden on yacht
An ongoing criminal investigation into whether the owner of a yacht seized by federal agents while it was aboard a freighter in Eastport was trying to illegally ship guns and ammunition out of the county should be completed within 90 days.
2011
PMC proposal for Boat School satisfies Friends and council
The deal almost didn't make it, but on the evening of September 1 representatives of Perry Marine & Construction (PMC) and the Friends of the Boat School were mostly all smiles at a presentation to the Eastport City Council for a purchase proposal for the property on Deep Cove Road where the...
2011
Lawsuit alters access rights across beaches
A recent Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling in an Eastport case is being viewed by some as fundamentally altering the law on the public's right to use privately owned intertidal areas, while others see the decision as still narrowly limiting those rights.
2011
MENDING THEIR WEIR
MENDING THEIR WEIR to harvest herring at Schooner Cove, Campobello, is the crew of the SHG. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)