Community & Events

A U.S. Navy destroyer will be docking at the Eastport breakwater for this year's Fourth of July festivities, for the first time in three years. The USS Lassen, a 509-foot Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, is expected to be at the downtown pier from July 1 through July 5.

The Calais City Council unanimously passed a vote of "no confidence" in the board of Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) following the hospital's public announcement that it would be closing its obstetrics wing in January of 2018.

Washington County hospitality businesses that rely on seasonal employees from other countries that use the J-1 and/or H2B Visa program are finding that they are being squeezed hard this year. International students and employees aren't coming to the U.S.

Having visited 55 countries and with more to come, Lubec resident Roger Quirk considers his recent visit to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site in Ukraine the most interesting trip he's ever taken.

Inter-library loan, WiFi and high-speed broadband access, the MaineInfoNet database and Maine Download Library and services for the those with disabilities or the home-bound, such as talking books, descriptive videos, large print, books-by-mail and more, are library services that are being...

The prospect of reopening a nursing home in Calais is inching forward, although how to obtain the rights to the limited number of beds in the state is still a major stumbling block.