2020
Area long-term care facilities cope with COVID-19 restrictions
Area long-term care facility administrators report their residents and staff are in good spirits despite the worldwide pandemic that has made things challenging.
Community & Events
2020
Jonesport Shipyard spearheads effort to produce face shields
"We owe this effort for our first responders and healthcare workers here in Washington County," says Rep. Robert Alley of Beals in responding to a request made by a constituent to see if he could help...
2020
Island residents help to raise spirits
Some Grand Manan residents have been using social media to encourage neighbors and raise spirits as the COVID‐19 isolation continues. With children out of school and in need of some entertainment, people are thinking of ways to create fun at a safe distance.
2020
Clammers hit hard by virus restrictions
Closures and restrictions implemented to combat the spread of the coronavirus pandemic have hit local shellfish harvesters particularly hard.
2020
Area adjusting to changes in homelife, work
With the COVID‑19 pandemic upending normal routines of homelife and work, classrooms and more, Downeast residents are coming up with new ways to socialize, work, learn and see the special in the everyday.
2020
Climate change and predator control eyed at shellfish forum
There were two major takeaways from the presentations given during Shellfish Focus Day at the Maine Fishermen's Forum, held March 5 at the Samoset Resort in Rockport. The first is that climate change has shifted the industry and that further shifts can be expected.
2020
Border and ports on alert for global pandemic
With the Calais border crossing the eighth busiest on the northern border and the Port of Eastport a point of entry for cruise ships and freighters, officials are on the alert for any changes to the coronavirus global pandemic that could have an impact on their operations.