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Community & Events

2020

Resilient communities adapt to pandemic's impact this year

Looking back over the past year's front page headlines and photographs of The Quoddy Tides, the impact of COVID 19 is felt on almost every issue starting on March 13 when the top story about coronavirus preparations beginning in area was right above the news that county voters had upheld the...

2020

Christmas trees: a road to the past

In Downeast Maine it's hard to ignore the tallest residents: the soaring evergreens.

2020

Great-grandmother apple tree grows in Lubec

Tucked away from view at the Red Point Park in Lubec is what apple enthusiasts call a "great-grandmother tree." Her origin is most likely linked to the cellar hole right next door and the farm that was at one time owned by the A. Knight family.

2020

Nature trust seeks to protect Ross Island

In its most ambitious and expensive venture to date, the Nature Trust of New Brunswick (NTNB) recently announced a project to conserve 860 acres on Ross Island, adjacent to Grand Manan.

2020

Greetings of love sung across river

Normally around this time Ann Margaret Paul drives her mother, Passamaquoddy Elder Maggie Paul, down from the St. Mary's First Nation near Fredericton for a visit with family and friends at Sipayik.

2020

Perry man helps preserve traditional land access

In 1968 Walt Loring of Perry was living in Texas. He was a young man branching out after growing up Downeast, but a call from his father set the stage for a lifelong effort to preserve his family's land Downeast.

2020

Border closure doesn’t stop wedding

COVID 19 put a crimp in plans by Lindsay Clowes and Alex Leckie for an August wedding in Nova Scotia. With restrictions on the border, her family and friends from Maine could not attend.