Community & Events

“Working with wood helps me make sense of the world,” says Erik Squire, who loves wood and surrounds himself with it every single day. The Connecticut-born woodworker has been hard at work since 1997, fashioning useful and beautiful wood moldings, windows, doors and just about anything else found on a

The problem with plastic, explained Teresa Torrent, coastwise coordinator for the Maine Coastal Program, is "it never goes away," particularly if it ends up in the ocean.

A Baileyville man who became incapacitated following a drug overdose at the Machiasport salmon-processing plant where he was working is suing the company for not following its drug policy and for fellow employees not calling an ambulance for nearly five hours.

The oldest field recordings in the world are in the process of being restored in a collaborative process that represents the reclamation of the Passamaquoddy Tribe's authority over a significant part of its cultural past.

For over 30 years, the end of summer in Eastport has been celebrated with a festival paying homage to the Atlantic salmon and other delicious seafood found in local waters.

The easternmost city in the U.S. will once again host the largest pirate festival in northern New England and the Canadian Maritimes. The festivities for the 13th annual Eastport Pirate Festival will be held from Friday, September 7, through Sunday, September 9.