2025
Area communities to celebrate holidays with events, parades
Towns and businesses throughout the area will be holding special events for the holiday season.
Community & Events
2025
SkyHope provides comfort to area medical patients
A mixture of philanthropy and cookies provides a lifesaving service for medically needy people in Washington County who require specialized healthcare. The philanthropy comes from an organization called SkyHope and the pilots who donate their aircraft, skills, time and fuel money...
2025
Island’s wells drying up as drought persists
The prolonged drought is having increasingly dire effects on Grand Manan, as people are reporting dry wells, and some have been without water for extended periods. Some have been using relatives' water and others are hauling jugs.
2025
Court to rule on beach access, answering debate for Eastport
Questions regarding beach access are being raised in both Eastport and across Maine as residents and businesses test the limits of what's possible in a state that allows private property rights to extend to a beach's low‑water line.
2025
Islander’s hobby helps spread good cheer
Grand Mananer Jeanne Ingalls recently reached a milestone with a hobby that has grown into an island‑wide project to spread cheer and lift spirits. Ingalls makes greeting card booklets for birthdays, Christmas, get‑well and other occasions...
2025
Eastport beach access issue sparks controversy
A social media furor has sparked the anger of some Eastport residents who hope that a beach access point historically open to the public remains available despite its closure for construction.
2025
Pembroke family of five loses home to fire
Before daybreak on Wednesday morning, September 3, flames reaching high above the tree line lit the area surrounding 27 East River Road in Pembroke. The home of Katherine and Jeremy Jurdak caught fire while they and their family slept.