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2008

Insulation is key to lowering cost of home heating

While Washington County residents may hope for a significant gesture on the part of state or federal government as they plan for the coming heating season, it is more likely that the help they find will come from a variety of sources that start close to home.

2008

Eastport celebrates flag-waving Fourth

In the early morning of July 4, Independence Day, the streets of Eastport seemed very quiet save for the coming and going of a few vehicles. The silence would soon be broken as the city's 48th annual flag-raising ceremony took place at the breakwater.

2008

Cooke set to reopen plant in Machiasport

While the New Brunswick government was announcing on June 27 a $3 million loan to Cooke Aquaculture, which will help in the firm's ongoing creation of 230 new jobs in the province, the company released publicly its decision to reopen the Machiasport processing plant in Maine by early next year.

2008

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2008

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2008

EASTPORT'S SPIRITED FOURTH included a clown getting caught up in the spirit of the Dance Expression troupe during the Grand Parade, sailors watching the fireworks from the deck of the U.S.S.

EASTPORT'S SPIRITED FOURTH

EASTPORT'S SPIRITED FOURTH included a clown getting caught up in the spirit of the Dance Expression troupe during the Grand Parade, sailors watching the fireworks from the deck of the U.S.S. Hawes, and a codfish relay competitor screaming all the way. (Edward French and Don Dunbar

2008

Harvesting of rockweed in bay stirs debate

Eight years ago an anticipated rockweed harvest in Cobscook Bay did not occur following a public call for a moratorium, but this year, with the start of the second season of harvesting after a limited harvest last summer, any outcry has been muted.