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)
September 12, 2025
Front Page Stories
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.
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.
Eastport beach access issue sparks controversy
A social media furor has sparked the anger of some Eastport residents who hope that a beach access point historically open to the public remains available despite its closure for construction.
Increasing incivility discouraging officials from seeking reelection
St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern says that increasing incivility and harassment directed at elected councillors, municipal staff and volunteers make many people think twice about offering for public office.
Pembroke family of five loses home to fire
Before daybreak on Wednesday morning, September 3, flames reaching high above the tree line lit the area surrounding 27 East River Road in Pembroke. The home of Katherine and Jeremy Jurdak caught fire while they and their family slept.
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)