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2025

Port authority weighs concerns over dredging

A proposed dredging project off the Eastport breakwater to allow larger cruise ships to tie up at the pier instead of being at anchor in the bay is causing some concern in the community...

2025

Moose down a well now has a tale to tell

Fifteen‑year‑old Cole Brown was up on a ladder building a shed when he heard a clamor coming from the alders behind him. He'd been hearing noises coming from the woods for hours, but this was a noise of a different magnitude.

2025

Islander’s hobby helps spread good cheer

Grand Mananer Jeanne Ingalls recently reached a milestone with a hobby that has grown into an island‑wide project to spread cheer and lift spirits. Ingalls makes greeting card booklets for birthdays, Christmas, get‑well and other occasions...

2025

CHARGING UP

CHARGING UP

CHARGING UP Boynton Street to the nursing home to entertain the residents at the start of the Eastport Pirate Festival is this group of swashbuckling pirates. See this issue for more coverage of the festival. (Don Dunbar photo)

2025

County voters face $11 million bond decision

Washington County residents will have to make some tough decisions at the November 4 election polls when faced with whether to vote for a $11 million general obligation bond to bail out the county's government.

2025

THE PIG SCRAMBLE

THE PIG SCRAMBLE

THE PIG SCRAMBLE during the Washington County Fair provided some excitement when the pig escaped from the fenced enclosure. Spectators captured the pig in the field before he got too far away. (Genevieve Lemire photo)

2025

Since allegedly defrauding VA, man arrested after faking death

A Princeton man who may have defrauded the VA out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in disability benefits and then faked his death on the St. Croix River to evade law enforcement has been arrested in Missouri.