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2022

Wood Island church celebrates 100 years

Ancestors were acknowledged and present day cousins reintroduced -- or met for the first time -- when the Wood Island Reformed Baptist Church celebrated its 100th anniversary on Saturday, August 6.

2022

Two festivals cook up crowd-pleasing fun, Tasty seafood to be savored

One of the benefits of living on the coast of Maine is access to fresh fish and seafood -- and one of the best ways to enjoy it is during Eastport's annual Salmon and Seafood Festival.

2022

Two festivals cook up crowd-pleasing fun, Swashbuckling pirates to swarm

Few characters in modern culture evoke the romance of the coastal seas more than pirates, and what better place to have the region's largest pirate festival than the former home of smugglers and renegades? The 17th annual Eastport Pirate Festival is returning with a bang, and pirates of all...

2022

Lubec approves broadband project

Lubec voters approved moving ahead on the proposed broadband Internet expansion project, by a 24 to 13 vote, during the annual town business meeting held August 3.

2022

Lobstermen struggle with low price, high costs

Downeast lobstermen have been feeling the pinch of a significant price drop from last year and haven't been able to fish some days, as dealers weren't buying lobsters.

2022

Flagpole View Cabins property cited for violations

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) issued a notice of violation to Worcester Holdings LLC on July 15, after an on-site investigation at Flagpole View Cabins in Columbia Falls revealed issues with permitting and soil retention.

2022

Flagpole park land annexation process being placed on hold

At the Columbia Falls select board meeting on August 8 the town's attorney, Roger Huber, presented copies of an email he received from the attorney representing the Worcester familys' Flagpole of Freedom Park (FFP) project.