2022
Robbinston eyeing subdivision ordinance
Robbinston voters will decide whether the town will have its own subdivision ordinance at the annual town meeting to be held on Monday, March 28, at 7 p.m. at the former grade school.
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2022
Port authority turns away Russian ship from docking in city
While the Eastport Port Authority has received national publicity for its decision to turn down a request from a Russian-flagged ship to dock at the port -- with the port authority being hailed as taking a stand against Russia for invading Ukraine -- the reasons for the decision were actually...
2022
New funding and bill aim to retain veterans’ homes
Plans to provide funding to keep the Machias and Caribou veterans' homes open and emergency legislation that would require that homes be located in those communities are moving forward, as efforts continue to reverse the decision by the Maine Veterans' Homes (MVH) board of trustees to close the...
2022
Local Ukrainian couple describes war's impact on Kharkiv family
Now, maybe I can sleep tonight," says Irina Karzova. Her brother Andrey, 41, finally left the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, under constant Russian bombardment, on March 21 for the relative safety of Dnipro.
2022
Legislative panel splits over tribe’s drinking water bill
A legislative committee was evenly divided on recommending a bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik and Eastport.
2022
Ukrainian family grieves with home under siege
Svitlana Palahuta, her husband Ihor and their two boys left Ukraine in 2019 for a new life in Canada. Today, they fear for family and friends trapped in their hometown of Kakhovka, a port city on the Dnieper River in southeastern Ukraine, under occupation by Russian troops since late February.
2022
Plans to close veterans' home spark outrage
An emergency bill to require legislative approval before any Maine veterans' home could be closed is one of the many efforts to keep the homes in Machias and Caribou open.