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2009

Deer Island bank to cut back hours to two days a week

Deer Island Credit Union, the only banking facility on the island, has announced it will no longer serve the public five days a week, but will only be open from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, beginning on Tuesday, July 28.

2009

DECH interim CEO charts path to achieve regulatory approval

After just 10 days on the job at Downeast Community Hospital (DECH), interim CEO Douglas Jones sat down for an interview with The Quoddy Tides.

2009

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2009

Lubec conservation purchases proposed

Several land conservation proposals in Washington County will be considered by the Land for Maine's Future Board at a meeting scheduled for July 14. The meeting will be held at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole at 1:30 p.m.

2009

DECH receives extension to meet guidelines

The future looked bleak for Downeast Community Hospital (DECH) on June 25 when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) terminated the hospital's eligibility for federal funding, with an effective date of July 10.

2009

Red tide hits clam diggers hard

The closure of all of the southwest New Brunswick coastline and almost all of eastern Maine to the harvesting of shellfish has been hitting clam diggers hard this year.

2009

Islanders angered by closure of bank

The afternoon of June 26 was a time for grieving for the residents of Campobello, as they watched the doors to the only banking facility on the island closed for good.