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2024

Harp seal stranded in Perry cove survives

A young harp seal had an adventure at Gleason's Cove in Perry that ended well. Stranded on a high tide, the seal was first discovered by Perry resident Josh Overton on the morning of January 16.

2024

Edmunds school students build own outdoor classroom

In collaboration with the Downeast Coastal Conservancy (DCC), the students and staff at Edmunds Consolidated School (ECS) have developed their first outdoor classroom. Consisting of a trail that winds through an upload conifer forest and travels 500 feet along the Dennys River...

2024

TAKING A SHOT from inside to score against Lee Academy on January 15 is Shead Tigerette Kearah Barnes. (Don Dunbar photo)

TAKING A SHOT

TAKING A SHOT from inside to score against Lee Academy on January 15 is Shead Tigerette Kearah Barnes. (Don Dunbar photo)

2024

THE WHARF at The Cannery restaurant in Eastport suffered significant damage from the wind and waves at high tide during the January 13 storm. (Edward French photo)

THE WHARF

THE WHARF at The Cannery restaurant in Eastport suffered significant damage from the wind and waves at high tide during the January 13 storm. (Edward French photo)

2024

St. Stephen drop-in centre helps homeless

A drop in centre at Neighbourhood Works might prevent people without homes from freezing to death in St. Stephen this winter. The group opened the centre at its headquarters in the former Holy Rosary Roman Catholic Church on December 8, the day of the funeral for Adam Dickerson.

2024

Illegal rockweed harvesting cases dismissed in court

Four charges brought against an Eastport man for illegally harvesting rockweed in Cobscook Bay were dismissed in Machias District Court on December 4.

2024

Illegal marijuana farm could be linked to statewide problem

The raid of an illegal marijuana farm in Machias on December 14, which netted 2,600 plants and saw the arrest of three men, all of whom appear to be foreign nationals, may be linked with a greater statewide problem. According to a leaked memo initially distributed within the U.S.