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2023

PFAS testing shows wide range for contamination levels

New information about PFAS levels in the county and state's soils and water sources that have been tested by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is available on the agency's website.

2023

As PWD water quality improves, efforts aim to build trust

“We want to start the journey of building trust in the water source. Years of no violations will help build trust,

2023

AN EARLY MORNING FIRE at the Head Harbour wharf on Campobello on December 13 destroyed two fishing boats and a scow. Local firefighters and fishermen were able to save the nearby boats as we

AN EARLY MORNING FIRE

AN EARLY MORNING FIRE at the Head Harbour wharf on Campobello on December 13 destroyed two fishing boats and a scow. Local firefighters and fishermen were able to save the nearby boats as well as the wharf. See this issue for article on the fire. (Dorinda Davis photo)

2023

BREAKING THROUGH THE WAVES in the waters off Eastport on a rainy and windy morning on December 11 is the scallop dragger Treaty Defender, owned by Adam Newell of Sipayik. The local scallop f

BREAKING THROUGH THE WAVES

BREAKING THROUGH THE WAVES in the waters off Eastport on a rainy and windy morning on December 11 is the scallop dragger Treaty Defender, owned by Adam Newell of Sipayik. The local scallop fleet also went out the following week, on December 18, when later in the day a wind

2023

Young Grand Manan patient gives back to Shriners

A young Grand Mananer recently decided he wanted to give back to the organization that has helped him, and on Saturday, November 25, eight year old Isaac MacKenzie Granger handed over the money he has raised for Shriners hospitals to members of the Mananook Lodge #38.

2023

St. Stephen hotel plans halted, as contractors take legal action

St. Stephen might need a new developer to build a hotel. Local businessman Tom McFarlane announced more than a decade ago that his company, Spur Line Properties Inc., would build a Best Western hotel with restaurant and other amenities on the St. Croix riverbank.

2023

St. Stephen declares emergency on homelessness

St. Stephen Municipal District Council voted unanimously on December 4 to declare a state of local emergency due to the large number of homeless people in this community, which has been estimated at between 70 and 100, with one man in his 40s found outside at 3 a.m.