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2008

Area cranberry growers report abundant harvest, high prices

Maine's cranberry harvest season ended a few weeks ago, and Charles Armstrong, cranberry professional with the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, describes 2008 as "a happy year for cranberries. The yield and the price are very high this year C in the exciting category."

2008

Buckley resigns as superintendent of Lubec schools

MSAD 19 Superintendent Michael Buckley resigned effective immediately in an executive session during the MSAD 19 Board of Directors meeting on Thursday, October 30. Officials will say only that Buckley resigned for "personal reasons" and provide no further details.

2008

IN REMEMBRANCE, Ruth Dean, 90, and Edith Comstock, 91, look over a display commemorating Lubec veterans that was created by Lubec High School students who used photographs and information su

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IN REMEMBRANCE, Ruth Dean, 90, and Edith Comstock, 91, look over a display commemorating Lubec veterans that was created by Lubec High School students who used photographs and information supplied by Bernard Ross. (Chessie Johnson photo)

2008

Voters to pick federal, state, local leaders

Maine voters face numerous choices in federal, state, county and local races in the Tuesday, November 4, election. The U.S. presidential race will undoubtedly increase voter turnout, as the contest between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama has generated considerable interest...

2008

Proposed scallop regulations catch heat from area fishermen

More than 90 angry fishermen attended a Department of Marine Resources (DMR) hearing in Machias on October 9 to protest the agency's proposed new regulations for the scallop fishery.

2008

FERC dismisses LNG application but Quoddy Bay plans to refile

The Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) has dismissed the application submitted by Quoddy Bay LNG to construct a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal facility at Pleasant Point and Perry and a proposed pipeline to connect with the natural gas pipeline in Baileyville.

2008

DMR will consider expanded rules for rockweed harvest

David Etnier, deputy commissioner for the Department of Marine Resources (DMR), announced at the Cobscook Fisheries Forum in Eastport on October 18 that the agency has begun discussion of possible new regulations governing rockweed harvesting in Maine.