2025
Lobster industry braces for potential impacts of trade war
The Maine and New Brunswick lobster industries are facing potential financial losses as a result of an escalating global trade war and declining consumer confidence.
Business & Development
2025
Businesses in Calais feeling effect of tariffs
The imposition of new tariffs on both sides of the border, paired with strained relations between the U.S. and Canada, are causing a slowdown for Calais businesses, some of which have seen their international sales decline by more than half.
2025
Trade war hits cross-border shopping, especially for island
The recent imposition of new tariffs, first by the U.S. and then by Canada, is driving up expenses for residents around Passamaquoddy Bay -- particularly on Campobello Island, where residents are in a unique geographical situation that separates them from the rest of New Brunswick.
2025
Economic impacts of tariffs feared along the border
Business and community leaders on both sides of the St. Croix River hope that cooler heads prevail over talk of tariffs. Earlier this month U.S.
2024
Cruise ships plan to bring 55,000 visitors to Eastport next year
More and larger cruise ships, with passenger numbers that are more than three times the city's population, are scheduled to arrive in Eastport next year.
2024
Look's to close Whiting plant in December
Look's Gourmet Food, which operates the last seafood cannery in Maine and does business as Bar Harbor Foods, has announced to its 20 employees in Whiting that the facility will be closed next month.
2024
SCEC economic summit highlights area's development
The challenges and opportunities of the Greater East Grand Region (GEGR) and Washington County were addressed during the annual summit of the Sunrise County Economic Council (SCEC) on October 16 at the Danforth town hall.