MENDING THEIR WEIR
MENDING THEIR WEIR to harvest herring at Schooner Cove, Campobello, is the crew of the SHG. (Chessie Crowe Gartmayer photo)
September 08, 2011
Front Page Stories
Woodland Pulp weighs plans for LP mill
The corporate owner of the pulp mill in Baileyville has acquired from the Louisiana-Pacific (LP) Corporation the former oriented-strand board (OSB) mill that is next to the pulp mill.
Lubec eyes police department option
Responding to what has been termed a perennial issue, the Lubec Board of Selectmen has established a committee to explore the possibility of establishing a local police department within the town.
Investigation ongoing of guns, ammunition hidden on yacht
An ongoing criminal investigation into whether the owner of a yacht seized by federal agents while it was aboard a freighter in Eastport was trying to illegally ship guns and ammunition out of the county should be completed within 90 days.
PMC proposal for Boat School satisfies Friends and council
The deal almost didn't make it, but on the evening of September 1 representatives of Perry Marine & Construction (PMC) and the Friends of the Boat School were mostly all smiles at a presentation to the Eastport City Council for a purchase proposal for the property on Deep Cove Road where the...
Lawsuit alters access rights across beaches
A recent Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling in an Eastport case is being viewed by some as fundamentally altering the law on the public's right to use privately owned intertidal areas, while others see the decision as still narrowly limiting those rights.
ROCKWEED
ROCKWEED is brought to shore at Deep Cove in Eastport as the sun goes down. Harvesting has been going on during the past few weeks in Cobscook Bay, with a mechanical harvester being used to cut in sectors allocated to Butch Harris and Patrick Driscoll. So far the harvesters are