2025
New apartments to help address lack of St. Stephen housing
A private developer plans to start work in January on building a 66‑apartment residential building on the site of the old Border Area Community Arena in St. Stephen.
Crime & Public Safety
2025
Since allegedly defrauding VA, man arrested after faking death
A Princeton man who may have defrauded the VA out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in disability benefits and then faked his death on the St. Croix River to evade law enforcement has been arrested in Missouri.
2025
Increasing incivility discouraging officials from seeking reelection
St. Stephen Mayor Allan MacEachern says that increasing incivility and harassment directed at elected councillors, municipal staff and volunteers make many people think twice about offering for public office.
2025
Pembroke family of five loses home to fire
Before daybreak on Wednesday morning, September 3, flames reaching high above the tree line lit the area surrounding 27 East River Road in Pembroke. The home of Katherine and Jeremy Jurdak caught fire while they and their family slept.
2025
Grand Manan activates emergency plan
The Village of Grand Manan announced on August 12 that it was activating Level 1 of its Emergency Measures Plan in response to the dry conditions and fire risk. Level 1 is a precautionary measure that involves "enhanced monitoring of conditions and increased readiness."
2025
Ceremony for lost fishermen promotes fishing safety
A ceremony July 21 at Lubec's Lost Fishermen's Memorial drew elected representatives, members of the Maine Marine Patrol, families of lost fishermen and community members to observe Maine Commercial Fishing Remembrance Day...
2025
St. Stephen's homeless continue struggling despite open shelter
Robert McFarlane sat on a picnic bench on the grass in front of St. Stephen's University (SSU), adapting tools to work on his bicycle. He has stayed at the Lighthouse Lodge shelter for homeless people, just across Main Street from the university, since late winter.