The Most Easterly Published Newspaper in the US

Published the 2nd and 4th Fridays of each month

Sign in Free newsletter

Back Archive

2024

Local shipping safety measures eyed after Key bridge disaster

The risks associated with ships or tankers traveling through Head Harbour Passage were hotly debated during the days of the Pittston oil refinery plan for Eastport and the LNG proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay.

2024

Calais apartments being renovated for senior housing

Following its closure eight years ago, the St. Croix Apartments building in Calais is being reinvigorated with new life. The rapid developments now taking place at the 26 unit complex have been prompted by an infusion of federal funds for the project.

2024

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID! Lambs were born on Sunday, March 31, at Shofar Farms in Perry, including Blossom's twins, a boy and girl named Lad and Lady. (Josiah Guiltner photo)

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU, KID! Lambs were born on Sunday, March 31, at Shofar Farms in Perry, including Blossom's twins, a boy and girl named Lad and Lady. (Josiah Guiltner photo)

2024

HERE GOES THE SUN! Third through eighth grade students at the Eastport Elementary School were among the thousands in Maine who wore protective eyeglasses and watched the total solar eclipse

HERE GOES THE SUN

HERE GOES THE SUN! Third through eighth grade students at the Eastport Elementary School were among the thousands in Maine who wore protective eyeglasses and watched the total solar eclipse on April 8. The students gathered on the first warm day of spring on the cliffs overlooking the Battery Field.

2024

Sugar maples and syrup season stressed by changes in weather

The 2024 maple syrup season has "been a nail biter," says Jason Lilley, assistant extension professor and sustainable agriculture and maple industry educator with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

2024

St. Croix River alewife runs jump as fishways built

The largest river restoration project on the East Coast is in progress on the St. Croix River as a collaboration of cross border entities, represented by the International St. Croix River Watershed Board (ISCRWB), continues its work to return alewives, also known as river herring, to the waterway.

2024

Machias weighs options for town office and flood mitigation

Following the winter's unprecedented flood events in Machias - which saw thigh high water surrounding the town office on January 10 - the town is considering its options for funding streams that could allow for a new building in the future.