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2010

Tribe asserts right to fish in federal waters

A dispute over Native rights to fish in federal waters is heating up, with the Passamaquoddy Tribe asserting that while tribal members will follow federal fishery conservation laws, they do not need federal licenses.

2010

Cruise ship firm cancels Eastport, Bar Harbor visits

The cruise ship Spirit of Oceanus that was scheduled to stop in Eastport for the afternoon and evening of September 23 will not be visiting after all.

2010

Two festivals sport crowd-pleasing fun

A brush with Hurricane Earl did not put a damper on the 24th annual Eastport Salmon Festival held on Labor Day weekend, September 3, 4 and 5.

2010

Cleaves, Soctomah win tribal elections

Reuben "Clayton" Cleaves was elected the new Passamaquoddy governor at Sipayik, and Madonna Soctomah was chosen as tribal representative in the state legislature, during tribal elections held on September 7 and 8. Cleaves received 217 votes for governor, besting Hilda Lewis, who received 123 votes.

2010

Two festivals sport crowd-pleasing fun

By oft-trod land and roiling sea, bodiced wenches and cutlassed buccaneers stormed into Lubec from Eastport on Sunday, September 5, as a prelude to the Eastport Pirate Festival the following weekend of September 10B12. A small contingent of rumrunner types waving Jolly Rogers may even have got dropped off

2010

Dental team to aid area youths

Hundreds of Washington County children with unmet dental needs will receive free, chance-of-a-lifetime care when a visiting team from the New York University College of Dentistry descends on Machias during one week in October.

2010

LET THE GAMES BEGIN as Lubec challenges Eastport in a tug-of-war. Lubec won the contest, with a rematch set for the following weekend in Eastport. (Chessie Crowe photo)

LET THE GAMES BEGIN

LET THE GAMES BEGIN as Lubec challenges Eastport in a tug-of-war. Lubec won the contest, with a rematch set for the following weekend in Eastport. (Chessie Crowe photo)