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The new frontier is looking east, as the successful loading at the Port of Eastport of 475 dairy cows bound for Turkey makes future shipments of over 8,000 more cows through the port to that Middle Eastern country very likely.

Half Moon Cove in Cobscook Bay could be the focus of two competing Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) applications for tidal energy generation projects.

One of the iconic symbols for not only the region but perhaps Canada is among the nearly 1,000 lighthouses that the federal government has decided it no longer wants to maintain. Swallowtail Lighthouse on Grand Manan Island is among the 32 active lighthouses.

A new $9-million nursing home will be built to replace the present 36-year-old facility on Grand Manan. The announcement was made on June 7 by Fisheries Minister Rick Doucet...

The last time nautical survey work was done for parts of Cobscook and Passamaquoddy bays was between 1834 and 1899. That is about to change due to the efforts of Senators Susan Collins and Olympia Snowe.

A 17-year-old double lung transplantee from Pleasant Point is still at the Children's Hospital in Boston recovering from her February 22 surgery. Kelly Keezer cannot return home until her house is free of allergen-causing materials and made handicapped accessible.