2008
Tribe receives funds to test tidal turbine
The Passamaquoddy Tribe's Environmental Department at Pleasant Point has received a $120,000 award from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to test an underwater tidal power turbine.
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2008
Quoddy Bay delay request is challenged
A group supporting a liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposal in Robbinston has now registered a complaint against another company proposing to build an LNG facility.
2008
Allen, Burns, Alexander win primary races
Maine residents who voted in the June 10 primary election decided a number of contested elections between candidates of the same party, as well as a bond issue, and local school budget validation questions.
2008
Lubec budget fails in referendum vote
Lubec voters defeated the proposed 2008B2009 MSAD 19 budget in voting on Tuesday, June 10, by eight votes, with 136 in favor and 144 opposing the budget. The $2,050,000 budget had been approved at a public meeting five days before but went down to defeat in the state-mandated second vote.
2008
Plan for converting waste into energy presented by company
County commissioners heard a presentation at their June 5 meeting by F.J. Moore Associates promoting a waste-to-energy plan they say could solve Washington County's trash disposal problem and at the same time provide a new source of electricity for local consumers.
2008
New bald eagle claims nest
A domestic drama is told in images that were recorded this spring by amateur photographer Andy Slater at a spot that's been a sightseer's magnet for two decades -- the eagles' nest on the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge near the intersection of Route 1 and the Charlotte Road.
2008
REBUILDING THEIR NEST
REBUILDING THEIR NEST on March 1 for the 20th season since they were first observed at the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge in 1988 is the bald eagle pair. The male is shown bringing in a branch, which the female then fit into place. (Andy Slater photo)