2009
DECH interim CEO charts path to achieve regulatory approval
After just 10 days on the job at Downeast Community Hospital (DECH), interim CEO Douglas Jones sat down for an interview with The Quoddy Tides.
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2009
Lubec conservation purchases proposed
Several land conservation proposals in Washington County will be considered by the Land for Maine's Future Board at a meeting scheduled for July 14. The meeting will be held at the Darling Marine Center in Walpole at 1:30 p.m.
2009
DECH receives extension to meet guidelines
The future looked bleak for Downeast Community Hospital (DECH) on June 25 when the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) terminated the hospital's eligibility for federal funding, with an effective date of July 10.
2009
Red tide hits clam diggers hard
The closure of all of the southwest New Brunswick coastline and almost all of eastern Maine to the harvesting of shellfish has been hitting clam diggers hard this year.
2009
Islanders angered by closure of bank
The afternoon of June 26 was a time for grieving for the residents of Campobello, as they watched the doors to the only banking facility on the island closed for good.
2009
Acadian begins rockweed harvest in Cobscook Bay
Acadian Seaplants Ltd. has begun commercially harvesting rockweed in Cobscook Bay for this season, following the Maine Department of Marine Resources' approval of its harvest plan on June 17. As of June 24, the Nova Scotia-based company was the only company approved for harvesting in the bay.
2009
Canaport LNG set to receive first shipment
Residents around Passamaquoddy Bay have been wrangling over liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects for five years, while some 50 miles away a new LNG terminal in Saint John was expected to receive its first shipment this week from the 932-foot Bilbao Knutsen.