2023
SPRING IS NEAR
SPRING IS NEAR proclaims this colorful sign painted on the window at the Eastport Gallery, which will be opening on June 3. (Edward French photo)
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2023
COMING OUT
COMING OUT of the bay during the Polar Bear Dip at Split Rock, Sipayik, on March 10 was a crowd of dippers. Over $12,300 has been raised so far in the annual fundraiser, with more donations coming in. See article in this issue. (Don Dunbar photo)
2023
Towns use moratoriums to update regulations, plans
Downeast municipalities have seen a rise in the number of potential large-scale projects in aquaculture, mining, land development and commercial development.
2023
Housing crisis solutions eyed by legislature
When Jennifer Sutherland decided to return to Maine from North Carolina as the laboratory manager at Down East Community Hospital (DECH) in Machias, she did not anticipate the difficulty of finding housing, either to rent or to buy.
2023
Homelessness spurs St. Stephen to examine long-term solutions
Homelessness will not go away with the arrival of warm weather, St. Stephen's Mayor Allan MacEachern says. An "out-of-the-cold" warming centre opened on December 13 to prevent people without homes from freezing to death this winter...
2023
Federal Marine acquired by stevedoring company
Federal Marine Terminals, which has operated the Eastport port terminal since 1981, is being acquired by a Canadian stevedoring company, but port operations are not expected to change with the new ownership. Logistec Stevedoring Inc. is acquiring the Canadian and U.S.
2023
Dennysville ambulance service in critical need of volunteers
A public emergency meeting will be held on Thursday, March 16, at 6 p.m. at the Edmunds Consolidated School regarding the Dennysville Volunteer Ambulance Service, according to Wayne Seeley, captain of the ambulance service.