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2023

Sweat lodges helping to change lives in state's prison system

Native inmates in Maine's prison system have been able to practice their traditional spiritual ceremonies for the past 15 years thanks to the efforts of a number of Wabanaki citizens, but in particular the work of Brian Altvater...

2023

Islanders ensure power stays on for nursing home

Islanders scrambled to keep Campobello Lodge residents warm and safe when the nursing home lost its electricity twice around Christmas and New Year's.

2023

Healthcare staff shortages creating crisis in care

Medical patients in Washington County are feeling the impact of workforce shortages in healthcare, from a lack of ambulance transport to a scarcity of available hospital beds as far away as Boston.

2023

Grand Manan credit union and healthcare clinic proposed

Two Grand Manan residents are working on a project to address both Scotiabank's departure from the community and the inconvenience of accessing mainland medical services.

2023

HELICOPTER TRAINING is conducted with U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport's 47-foot motor lifeboat off Eastport on January 18. (Don Dunbar photo)

HELICOPTER TRAINING

HELICOPTER TRAINING is conducted with U.S. Coast Guard Station Eastport's 47-foot motor lifeboat off Eastport on January 18. (Don Dunbar photo)

2023

PLACING THE FINISHING TOUCHES on their snowman, which they made outside their Eastport home after the January 23 snowstorm, are brothers Vinny and Xander Eisworth. (Edward French photo)

PLACING THE FINISHING TOUCHES

PLACING THE FINISHING TOUCHES on their snowman, which they made outside their Eastport home after the January 23 snowstorm, are brothers Vinny and Xander Eisworth. (Edward French photo)

2023

Port authority hoping to rebound after 'horrible' year

While cargo shipped through the Port of Eastport this past year was only 2% of what had been shipped in the top years in the past, with only one ship being loaded and the longshoremen being let go, the revenue-based quasi-municipal corporation still managed a net income of over $100,000 in 2022.