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2013

Navy floats plan to sink cable to connect to Bangor Hydro

“Our job is to make sure the word gets out,” says Commander Jody Grady...tions aimed at preventing resource depletion through scheduled closure of specific areas.

2013

Festivals to cook up fun

The 27th annual Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival will be held on Labor Day weekend, Friday, August 30, through Sunday, September 1.

2013

Festivals to cook up fun

The eighth annual Eastport Pirate Festival will be held on Friday to Sunday, September 6, 7 and 8, and will feature food, fun, fireworks and lots of family-friendly entertainment. "We are offering some new and different activities, especially on Sunday," says Chris Brown, Eastport Pirate Festival co-

2013

Pet parrot sets sail, prefers landlubber status over treetops

Parrots and their pirates will be making landfall in Eastport for the Pirate Festival, but one Eastport-based parrot's adventures in the wilds have him forgoing the swashbuckling lifestyle.

2013

New breakwater proposal outlined

Plans for a new Eastport breakwater to replace the present 50-year-old structure, which the Maine Department of Transportation has concluded has reached the end of its useful life, were presented at a meeting on August 8 at Shead High School.

2013

Calais voters to weigh in on school budget

Calais voters will turn out once again to signal their approval or disapproval of the school system budget amount of $8,379,834 recommended by the Calais City Council.

2013

MITSC reports humanitarian crisis in tribes

The Maine Indian Tribal-State Commission (MITSC) has forwarded documents to a United Nations investigator that the commission says show a humanitarian crisis facing Wabanaki tribes in Maine caused by the Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act (MICSA) and the Maine Implementing Act (MIA).