Community & Events

A brush with Hurricane Earl did not put a damper on the 24th annual Eastport Salmon Festival held on Labor Day weekend, September 3, 4 and 5.

Newell Lewey, a member of the Sipayik Criminal Justice Commission, knows first-hand what it's like to be a victim of what he believes is racial profiling. The Passamaquoddy man says, "I'm 80% random myself," pointing out that over three-quarters of the time that he crosses the border between...

John Steadman, a resident of Robbinston who gradually began to lose his vision as he grew older, has been listening to an audio broadcast program of local, regional and statewide newspaper articles through Maine AIRS for two years now. "As long as it's on the air, it's on in the house," he says.

The Eastport Fourth of July Committee has planned another fun-filled celebration for all ages and is extending an invitation for all to attend this year's Old Home Week from July 1 through July 5.

"Great weather, a long holiday weekend and, especially, the arrival of the U.S.S. De Wert made for an incredible Fourth of July this year." Barbara Hicks, who co-chairs the Eastport Fourth of July Committee with J.

A rapid increase in the number of landowners who do not want rockweed cut on their shorefront in Cobscook Bay appears to be limiting the harvest this season for those companies that are respecting the landowners' wishes.