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Community & Events

2008

Community rallies to raise swamped dragger in Lubec

Hillary Clinton said it takes a village to raise a child. Lubec fisherman Dana Barker says that it took the fishing village of Lubec to raise his boat, the Simone & Rachel, swamped in the Lubec harbor on January 28.

2007

Whale freed from trawl off Grand Manan

The combined efforts of a lobsterman from Grand Manan, whale rescue personnel from Campobello and Cape Cod, and a crew from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) freed a young humpback whale from entanglement in a lobster trawl on Wednesday, December 19, near Gannet Rock off Grand Manan.

2007

Low-income families hit hard by heating costs

The statistics are familiar to everyone who reads a newspaper or watches the news on television.

2007

Spirit of giving lives Downeast

Once again the spirit of Christmas is evident in Charlotte County and eastern Washington County as folks generously gave to neighbors who were less fortunate.

2007

Viewers surprised by streaks of light in Downeast skies

The arrival of an annual meteor shower known as the Geminid surprised a lot of people in Maine and New Brunswick on Monday, December 10, when they saw streaks of bright light appearing to disappear into the sea near Point Lepreau.

2007

Community unites to help friend in need

It's a Christmas story. It's about a friend giving help to a friend. It's about a community coming together to support to someone in need.

2007

Former Calais hospital eyed for residential drug treatment

American Hope Charities (AHC), a Christian faith-based, nonprofit corporation from California, has its eye on the former Calais Regional Hospital as a temporary location to operate a 12-month residential drug treatment rehabilitation and education program.