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2019

MaineCare misperception comes to light during ACA open enrollment

With open enrollment with the Affordable Care Act (ACA) Health Insurance Marketplace (HIM) under way and the expansion of MaineCare ongoing in the state, all should be smooth sailing with government and state websites and regionally-based certified application counselors at hand to help people...

2019

Tracing a grandfather's service

With the observance of Veterans Day and Remembrance Day on November 11, many in the Quoddy area will recall the sacrifices of family members who served in the U.S. and Canadian armed forces.

2019

Two young Dennysville women finish AT hike

Alayna Caricofe of Dennysville was inspired to hike the length of the Appalachian Trail (AT) after she read the book A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson when she was a seventh grade student at Edmunds Consolidated School.

2019

Animal advocacy group alleges abuse of fish at Cooke hatchery

The Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry is investigating a complaint made by a Washington, D.C.-based animal advocacy nonprofit that salmon at Cooke Aquaculture's hatchery in Bingham in western Maine are being abused.

2019

Farmed fish escape off Deer Island stirs debate

The escape of approximately 1,000 farmed salmon from a cage site off Deer Island has again increased tensions between wild salmon advocates and fish farmers.

2019

Brownfields work builds foundation for redevelopment

When a brownfields program is successful, no one notices. "It's a lot like planning and engineering. People only notice when it doesn't work," says Judy East, executive director of Washington County Council of Governments, which works on brownfields projects in the county.

2019

HBO documentary crew visits Downeast for week of filming

It didn't take long for Eastporters to realize that a documentary film crew was in town August 8 through August 15.