2020 SEINING FOR HERRING SEINING FOR HERRING off the Eastport breakwater on the night of August 17 is the crew of the Jenny Rose, a purse seiner owned by Earl Small. (Don Dunbar photo)
2020 WITH THE DEPARTURE WITH THE DEPARTURE of the cruise ship Riviera from Eastport on August 1, presentations were made to express the appreciation felt by the crew for the welcome they received during their stay at the island city. Tania Pe'a, representing the crew, presented a plaque to Don Dunbar, who
2020 A PINK FULL MOON A PINK FULL MOON rises as a perfect backdrop to the Bluenose II in North Head harbour, Grand Manan, on August 2. The iconic Canadian schooner has been on a sail-past tour of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia ports. (Arlene Benham photo)
2020 GATHERING SWEETGRASS GATHERING SWEETGRASS at Kcipeskiyak, Sipayik, is Donald Francis on a summer's day. The Passamaquoddy and other Native tribes use the sacred plant for making baskets and braids and in prayer, smudging or purifying ceremonies. (Edward French photo)
2020 THE COMET NEOWISE THE COMET NEOWISE appears between some birch trees at Dog Island, Eastport, on the night of July 15. (Don Dunbar photo)
2020 THE FOURTH OF JULY THE FOURTH OF JULY was celebrated Downeast with parades in Lubec and Pembroke, along with the First Responder Parade. A flag-waving float (above) led off the Lubec parade. (Edward French photo)
2020 WORKING THE FLATS WORKING THE FLATS were a large number of clamdiggers near the Sparkplug lighthouse in the Lubec Channel on July 2, as a fog bank rolls in over West Quoddy Head. The Mowry Beach flats opened for digging on June 25. (Edward French photo)