LET THE GAMES BEGIN
LET THE GAMES BEGIN as Lubec challenges Eastport in a tug-of-war. Lubec won the contest, with a rematch set for the following weekend in Eastport. (Chessie Crowe photo)
September 09, 2010
Front Page Stories
Tribe asserts right to fish in federal waters
A dispute over Native rights to fish in federal waters is heating up, with the Passamaquoddy Tribe asserting that while tribal members will follow federal fishery conservation laws, they do not need federal licenses.
Cruise ship firm cancels Eastport, Bar Harbor visits
The cruise ship Spirit of Oceanus that was scheduled to stop in Eastport for the afternoon and evening of September 23 will not be visiting after all.
Two festivals sport crowd-pleasing fun
A brush with Hurricane Earl did not put a damper on the 24th annual Eastport Salmon Festival held on Labor Day weekend, September 3, 4 and 5.
Cleaves, Soctomah win tribal elections
Reuben "Clayton" Cleaves was elected the new Passamaquoddy governor at Sipayik, and Madonna Soctomah was chosen as tribal representative in the state legislature, during tribal elections held on September 7 and 8. Cleaves received 217 votes for governor, besting Hilda Lewis, who received 123 votes.
Two festivals sport crowd-pleasing fun
By oft-trod land and roiling sea, bodiced wenches and cutlassed buccaneers stormed into Lubec from Eastport on Sunday, September 5, as a prelude to the Eastport Pirate Festival the following weekend of September 10B12. A small contingent of rumrunner types waving Jolly Rogers may even have got dropped off from
Dental team to aid area youths
Hundreds of Washington County children with unmet dental needs will receive free, chance-of-a-lifetime care when a visiting team from the New York University College of Dentistry descends on Machias during one week in October.
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. On September 1, Melissa Critchley gives a goodbye hug to her daughter Brenna (at left), who is entering K4 at the Eastport Elementary School, along with Audrey Andrews (center) and John Francis. (Edward French photo)