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Robert Newell, the former governor of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township, was sentenced on April 24 to five years in prison for conspiring to defraud the United States and other offenses committed while serving as tribal governor from 2002 to 2006.

A forum for public comment on the proposed site for the Downeast Regional Airport will be held on Tuesday, May 12, at 6 p.m. in Room 102 of the University of Maine at Machias Science Building. The public session is part of the Federal Aviation Administration's decision-making process.

The U.S. Coast Guard plans to harness tidal energy at its station in Eastport as part of a broader strategy to utilize renewable energy.

Facing the loss of the port of Eastport's only customer, the port authority is scrambling to put together the pieces of a puzzle for shipping new cargoes. Port officials are working with a possible shipper of bulk cargo...