Community & Events

This holiday season, despite the poor economy, the spirit of Christmas is evident in Charlotte County and Washington County as people give to neighbors who are less fortunate. The program is designed to help children aged newborn through 18, as well as special needs adults...

An aggressive invader has come to Maine and hardly anybody noticed. Not, at least, until the occupation began and the enemy's infiltration was well along. In the beginning, the European green crab was thought to be a problem faced only by the shellfish community...

Scallop fishermen were greeted with high prices and an abundance of scallops in Cobscook Bay on December 2, the opening day of the season -- along with an influx of draggers from other ports.

The impact of climate change on coastal communities may seem like an unknown quantity for some day in the future, but ask emergency management and public safety personnel or others involved in emergency management planning, and they'll note that the unknown quantity is already being felt.

“We may be homeless, but we're not hopeless,” was the statement of determination from Cherryl Desucatan about her family's plight after the deadly Typhoon Haiyan hit the Philippines on November 8.

Fostering animals always came easily to Eastport resident Nancy Tintle, so it was a natural progression to take on the role of Eastport foster care program coordinator for the PAWS animal shelter based in Calais.