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2008

Impact of rockweed harvesting in Cobscook Bay area debated

"Our goal tonight is information sharing," stated Gavin Hood, president of the Maine Seaweed Council. The council's board meeting was held September 9 at The Boat School in Eastport and attracted 24 participants.

2008

Solutions to fight decline in life expectancy eyed

The cycle of poverty is a classic vicious circle. Unemployment leads to poor living conditions: inability to access educational opportunities, poor housing, the lack of choice that makes people feel they have little control over their lives, and substandard health care.

2008

First Wind gives project a second wind

After lying dormant for a couple of years, the plan for a wind energy project on Grand Manan has passed from one company, Eastern Wind Power of Quispamsis, N.B., to First Wind of Newton, Mass., which is expecting to begin construction at the site next year.

2008

Energy generation from solid waste explored by board

When Marion Transfer Station (MTS) directors met September 9, their prepared agenda included, under 'New Business,' a presentation by Edward Dugay of Cherryfield on a 'proposal to take MTS waste and turn it into fuel.

2008

Friends remember 'bard of Eastport'

The city of Eastport has been fortunate to have had many advocates since it was first settled over two centuries ago, but it lost a special son with the passing of John Pike Grady on September 3.

2008

Quoddy Bay, tribe at odds over payment

Quoddy Bay LNG, after first informing the Passamaquoddy Tribe that it would seek the tribal council's agreement on its proposal to suspend its quarterly lease payments to the tribe, has now informed the council that it is putting a temporary hold on the payments.

2008

Nova Scotia man drowns in waters near shore in Perry

The Maine State Medical Examiner's Office has determined that the 28-year-old Nova Scotia man whose body was found on the Perry shore on Sunday, August 3, was a victim of accidental drowning.