2008
Food pantries hit by increase in families needing assistance
Food pantries in Washington and Charlotte counties are seeing a definite increase in families who are stopping in for emergency food assistance.
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2008
Renewable energy study sheds light on meeting local needs
Renewable energy technology and local need are topics that are generating their own supply of electricity, if a recent report issued in New Brunswick is any indication.
2008
Communities eye school regionalization
The talk is that there hasn't been much information to provide answers to questions regarding the school reorganization plan for proposed region 13. That is the name that the Maine Department of Education has given to the region extending from Eastport to Vanceboro, but most recently the state
2008
THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON
THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON sends a flock of Canada geese flying southward. (Chessie Johnson photo)
2008
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2008
Energy strategy key to economic vitality
Maine and New Brunwick's forests have significant potential as a biomass resource in the future development of renewable energy. Biomass technology has been developed in other countries but is in the nascent stage in the United States.
2008
Lobstermen feeling pinch of price crash
It's going to be a hard winter Downeast, says lobster fisherman John Drouin of Cutler of the sudden drop in price for lobsters, with fishermen now receiving about half the amount per pound they got last year.