2009
Women share paths to success
March is Women's History Month. In that spirit, five women agreed to be interviewed about their work as a way to share their paths with young women who still have their own roads to create.
Community & Events
2009
Longtime Valentines share recipes for happiness
Valentine's Day is a reminder of the importance of having someone to love and to have someone love you. Three couples living Downeast were asked how they found their life partner and what has made their marriage last.
2009
Island’s health could be tied to ferry access
Kathleen Case is from a Campobello family that goes back to the time of the Captain William Owen 1767 land grant. She is part of a generation of islanders that has lived with and without the international bridge that connects the Canadian island to the U.S. mainland.
2009
Community rallies to aid victim of fire
On Monday night, January 12, a fire broke out in the mobile home of Barbara Morris of Ingersoll Road on Grand Manan. Morris escaped out into the night in her bare feet on one of the coldest nights of the winter.
2009
Lubec schoolchildren buy into ‘Think Local First’
Schoolchildren at the Lubec Elementary School were busy this past holiday season participating in the first official 'Think Local First' effort promoted by Washington County: One Community (WC:OC). Five Washington County businesses worked together...
2008
MPBN set to trim radio, television, emergency system
In a shocking announcement to Downeast radio listeners and television viewers, Maine Public Broadcasting Network (MPBN) said that it will discontinue service to radio stations 89.7 WMED in Calais and 106.5 WMEF in Fort Kent and WMED-TV Channel 13 in Calais.
2008
Goodwill lives in kind deeds of Quoddy area
Once again, despite the bad economic climate, the spirit of Christmas is evident in Charlotte County and eastern Washington County as people generously gave to neighbors who were less fortunate.