2018
Fundy North seeks to quell fishery fears
To help address concerns about Passamaquoddy fishermen from the U.S.
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2018
Fishermen's association aiming to reduce whale entanglements
Following last year's right whale deaths in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, fishing gear entanglement is in the spotlight, and it was on the agenda at the Grand Manan Fishermen's Association (GMFA) annual meeting on February 13.
2018
DCF to reopen with minimal staff, inmates
Governor LePage's announcement on March 19 that the Department of Corrections would comply with the Kennebec County Superior Court's order to reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility was a surprise to some but not a surprise that the reopening will be done "in a minimal capacity," with...
2018
Year-round ferry eyed for Campobello
Reversing the declining population of Campobello was only one of the issues brought up during a round-table discussion at the opening meeting of the newly established Year-Round Ferry Development Committee, held at a private residence on February 11.
2018
Service honors four chaplains
As "Taps" played at the Balsam Valley Chapel in Jonesboro on February 11 to honor the four chaplains, Rodney Sienkiewicz saluted. His father Henry had been a civilian contractor aboard the USAT Dorchester when it was torpedoed by a German submarine about 80 miles off the coast of Greenland.
2018
Legality of closure challenged
The state's attorney general, the Washington County commissioners and the county's legislators are challenging in court the unilateral decision by Governor LePage and the Department of Corrections (DOC) to close the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) without warning on the morning of February 9.
2018
DCF offered ‘true corrections’
In a surprise pre-dawn prison takeover shortly after 4 a.m.