Community & Events

A changing of the guard took place in early September when Dot Larsen did one final shift ushering children safely across King Street to and from St. Stephen Elementary School. She did not plan on a 35-year career as a school crossing guard back in 1986.

A youth broadband survey spearheaded by Elaine Abbott of the Sunrise County Economic Council with survey design assistance of Corrie Hunkler of Healthy Acadia has brought to the fore the voices of the next generations and their thoughts about IT access and use.

The new 459-foot Hurtigruten expedition ship Roald Amundsen, the world's first hybrid cruise ship, will be visiting Maine for the first time when it docks in Eastport on Tuesday, September 20, arriving at 10 a.m. and departing at 8 p.m.

Ancestors were acknowledged and present day cousins reintroduced -- or met for the first time -- when the Wood Island Reformed Baptist Church celebrated its 100th anniversary on Saturday, August 6.

One of the benefits of living on the coast of Maine is access to fresh fish and seafood -- and one of the best ways to enjoy it is during Eastport's annual Salmon and Seafood Festival.

Few characters in modern culture evoke the romance of the coastal seas more than pirates, and what better place to have the region's largest pirate festival than the former home of smugglers and renegades? The 17th annual Eastport Pirate Festival is returning with a bang, and pirates of all...