ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL,
ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, students at the Eastport Elementary School are eager to begin their classes. (Edward French photo)
September 10, 2015
Front Page Stories
Projects to east and west could lead to oil spill
Two projects -- from the west and from the east -- that could increase the number of oil tankers in the Bay of Fundy are raising concerns among environmentalists and fishermen about the risks posed to the bay's ecosystem and its fisheries.
Port authority approves loan for Phyto-Charter
The Eastport Port Authority board voted 4-1 on August 31 to provide a $112,000 bridge loan to Phyto-Charter for a payment to the Brewer company that is building the phytosanitation equipment for shipping wood chips through the Port of Eastport.
New programs to address need for firefighters, truck drivers
The lack of firefighters in Washington County and an increased demand for truck drivers for the new St. Croix Tissue plant in Baileyville have led the technical education center in Calais to add programs to meet the area's needs. The St.
Lubec volunteers try to rescue shark
Sometime during the night of September 2, a young male basking shark apparently took a wrong turn and ended up stranded on the sand bar alongside the Lubec Channel on a rapidly falling tide.
Calais planning for full service marina
Boaters gifted with the experience of plying the waterways connected with Passamaquoddy Bay may soon have the opportunity of visiting a wholly upgraded waterfront -- one that was once the second-busiest lumber port in the state, just behind Bangor.
PLUNDERING PIRATES
PLUNDERING PIRATES invaded Lubec by land, sea and air on September 5 and then overran the Island City during the Eastport Pirate Festival on September 11-13. (Don Dunbar photo) Subscribe to Quoddy Tides Rates:$31.65 a year in Washington County, Maine (tax included) $36.93 a year in Maine,