2016
Visitors take time to lend a hand -- Eastport Maine
There must be something in the Moose Island air, or maybe it's just that the island city seems to bring out the best in people.
Community & Events
2016
First wild salmon conservation site off Grand Manan
New Brunswick's first designated wild salmon conservation marine site, located off Grand Manan, was announced on June 21 in St. Andrews, where provincial, territorial and federal fisheries and aquaculture ministers met this past week. The marine site is part of a collaborative research project...
2016
Volunteers help to spruce up community
What has become a highly anticipated biennial visit from the youth and adults in the All Souls Congregational Church's Assist-JC group from Bangor is once again in full swing, as participants help Eastport area residents and organizations make their buildings safer.
2016
Local teens chosen for climate congress
Two Passamaquoddy teenagers from Pleasant Point have been chosen to attend the 2016 Inter-Tribal Youth Climate Leadership Congress (ITYCLC) from July 5 through July 12 in Shepardstown, Va.
2016
Group shares resources to fight against poverty
Representatives from local organizations dedicated to empowering the impoverished met on Tuesday, May 24, at the Immaculate Conception Church in Calais to share and discuss resources for combatting poverty in the eastern Maine region.
2016
Drug epidemic fight needs community help
About 170 people gathered on May 5 at the Grand Manan school for a Community Policing Forum, a joint effort between the village and RCMP prompted in part by residents' concern about drug abuse.
2016
Deer Island natives among those fleeing Fort McMurray fire
Two Deer Island natives living in Fort McMurray, Alberta, are safe and consider themselves lucky that they were not one of the hundreds of families who lost their homes in the conflagration.