2006 IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN IT'S A LONG WAY DOWN. Nick Ampungan dives into the water at the Eastport breakwater on a particularly hot day. (Edward French photo)
2006 EXAMINING A DEAD RIGHT WHALE EXAMINING A DEAD RIGHT WHALE on a Campobello beach are Canadian and American researchers. The whale had suffered 13 large gashes from the propeller of a ship, and her body was found floating off Grand Manan. (Chessie Johnson photo) Right whale dead; ship strike suspected EXAMINING A DEAD RIGHT WHALE
2006 SACK RACE LOWERING THE COLORS at the end of the day on July 4 are members of the USS Porter crew (above). "Look, ma, no hands!" CMC Musso of the Porter seems to be saying in the codfish relay (below). Using hands but not their feet, competitors in the sack
2006 CODFISH RELAY LOWERING THE COLORS at the end of the day on July 4 are members of the USS Porter crew (above). "Look, ma, no hands!" CMC Musso of the Porter seems to be saying in the codfish relay (below). Using hands but not their feet, competitors in the sack
2006 LOWERING THE COLORS LOWERING THE COLORS at the end of the day on July 4 are members of the USS Porter crew (above). "Look, ma, no hands!" CMC Musso of the Porter seems to be saying in the codfish relay (below). Using hands but not their feet, competitors in the sack
2006 RAISING THE ROOF RAISING THE ROOF? No, members of ASSIST-JC from All Souls Congregational Church in Bangor are constructing one of the walls for the new Labor of Love Food Pantry in Eastport. (Edward French photo)
2006 ESCORTED BY A FLOTILLA ESCORTED BY A FLOTILLA of welcoming kayakers as she approaches land in Eastport is adventurer Renata Chlumska of Sweden (far left). Chlumska is aiming to be the first person to circumnavigate the lower 48 states of the U.S., by kayak and bicycle, having begun in Seattle, Wash. She received