Community & Events

Seventy years ago, on December 7, 1941, high school student Bernard Cheney of Lubec was gathered around the radio with other family members listening to news about the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.

When people are going hungry, every source of food starts to count. Registered Maine guide Clayton Blake saw an opportunity to help area food pantries when he heard something that clicked. Many animal carcasses involved in auto collisions were not being salvaged for meat.

The wreath-making season is under way, and both large and small operations are busy getting their products to market. Dugald Kell Sr.

Causing a restaurant cook's heart to sing is no small matter, so when Marilu Scott of Eastport's Bank Square Pizza and Deli rhapsodizes about the quality of the 200 pounds of tomatillos and 40 pounds of jalapeños she purchases from farmer Robin Follette of Seasons Eatings Farm in Talmadge,...

Abuse of prescription drugs is becoming a national concern, with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reporting that overdose deaths now outnumber deaths from motor vehicle accidents.

Thanks to Mars Canada Inc. and Hockey Canada, a heated mezzanine is being constructed in the Grand Manan Community Centre ice rink and will be featured in a new television commercial. "The building is in process," reports Megan Johnson, senior consultant for the candy company.