2012
Greenhouse project growing more than year-round harvest
On a late January day in Eastport two residents were sitting in their lawn chairs, in shorts, with toes bared and digging into warm sand.
Community & Events
2012
Students present state legislators with flag for Lubec
Braving 11-degree temperatures, 24 seventh and eighth graders from the Lubec Consolidated School boarded a bus for the four-hour ride to the State Capitol; all had managed to make the 5:15 a.m. scheduled departure on January 19.
2012
New White Head ferry now repaired and serving island
The new $5 million ferry between White Head and Grand Manan was docked for maintenance for eight days, but was back in service on Saturday, January 21.
2011
Spirit of the season shared by generous friends, neighbors
This holiday season, despite the poor economy, the spirit of Christmas is evident in Charlotte County and eastern Washington County, as people generously give to neighbors who are less fortunate.
2011
Young benefactors’ double birthdays assist food pantry
Caitlyn Lyons and Connor Sherrard shared a mutual 13th birthday on Saturday, December 3, at the Charlotte school. They were both born in Calais on December 4, 1998, and were delivered by the same doctor, who was running back and forth between the two rooms.
2011
Pearl Harbor recalled by World War II veteran
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.
2011
Food pantries’ shortages spur helping hands
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.