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Community & Events

2013

Festivals to cook up fun

The eighth annual Eastport Pirate Festival will be held on Friday to Sunday, September 6, 7 and 8, and will feature food, fun, fireworks and lots of family-friendly entertainment. "We are offering some new and different activities, especially on Sunday," says Chris Brown, Eastport Pirate Festival co-

2013

Pet parrot sets sail, prefers landlubber status over treetops

Parrots and their pirates will be making landfall in Eastport for the Pirate Festival, but one Eastport-based parrot's adventures in the wilds have him forgoing the swashbuckling lifestyle.

2013

Therapy animals give care to children, seniors

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and Pitot Tube Nelson may be one of the smallest. A four-year-old white Pomeranian dog weighing four pounds on a heavy day, Pitot has spent the last three years on Tuesdays listening to children read him stories and visiting patients in hospitals.

2013

Boatloads of whales being seen around bay this summer

Visitors to Grand Manan and the Bay of Fundy are being treated to some excellent whale-watching this summer. While North Atlantic right whales tend to arrive in numbers at the end of July or early August, other species have been here since May.

2013

Village celebrates new ownership of Swallowtail Light

About 60 people gathered at Swallowtail Point on July 7 to observe a historic moment as ownership of the lighthouse was transferred from the federal government to the Village of Grand Manan.

2013

Towns to dazzle for Fourth celebrations

From color-filled pageants to heart-throbbing dory races, Lubec's Fourth of July program, planned by committee members Dana-Lee McConnell, Sherri Pike and Mary Ramsdell, will stretch the nation's birthday into nine days of everyone-together celebration.

2013

Towns to dazzle for Fourth celebrations

Another fun-filled Old Home Week is planned in the City of Eastport from Friday, June 29, through Saturday, July 6. "The 4th of July Committee has put together a great program of events for 2013, and we're really excited to kick things off with the arrival