September 21, 2023

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FAREWELL TO A COMMUNITY LANDMARK. The nearly 100-year-old St. Ann's Church at Sipayik was torn down on September 20 by DeFranzo Demolition Corporation. A small crowd watched, with a number e

FAREWELL TO A COMMUNITY LANDMARK

FAREWELL TO A COMMUNITY LANDMARK. The nearly 100-year-old St. Ann's Church at Sipayik was torn down on September 20 by DeFranzo Demolition Corporation. A small crowd watched, with a number expressing sadness and crying when the cross was knocked off the church. Although efforts to save the church

Lubec revaluation highlights host of municipal challenges

The revaluation of Lubec property has once again raised concerns about how residents on stretched incomes will make ends meet and how municipalities make up for lost real estate tax revenue when a significant portion of their land is in easements that reduce or eliminate any tax revenue.

Islanders fed up with project after dredging delays, missteps

Grand Mananers are fed up with a pile of dredged debris sitting on the shoreline in North Head and are demanding answers as to who will clean it up -- and when -- as the project has stalled and the completion deadline has passed.

Intertidal zone public access tied to colonial laws

A recent letter to the editor in The Quoddy Tides by a former Eastporter who had grown up on the island city spoke to the need for clarity on who owns the intertidal zones around the island, even where there is public access.

Friends mourn loss of St. Ann's as church building is torn down

St. Ann's, the historic Catholic church that was built nearly 100 years ago to serve the Passamaquoddy tribal members of Sipayik, was torn down this week, with demolition beginning on September 20.

Couple with local ties lose home on Maui

On the morning of August 8 at 4 a.m. in Lahaina, a historic town in Maui, Hawaii, the power went out at Adrienne Mitchell's house on Front Street. She and her fiancé, Alex Leach, thought little of it, as the power would occasionally go out on the small resort town on the northwest side of the...

Cobscook Shores scales up youth outdoor education programs

Even as children across the country are becoming increasingly sedentary, efforts to get the children of coastal Washington County moving and connected with their natural environment are in full swing, thanks in part to Cobscook Shores.

MAKING A LAST-DITCH APPEAL to save St. Ann's Church at Sipayik from being torn down is Hilda Soctomah Lewis, second from right, to representatives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland o

MAKING A LAST

MAKING A LAST-DITCH APPEAL to save St. Ann's Church at Sipayik from being torn down is Hilda Soctomah Lewis, second from right, to representatives of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland on September 19. Listening to the discussion is Passamaquoddy Chief Rena Newell (right). The demolition of the

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