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Up to $1.7 million in financial fraud by at least one former employee of the Deer Island Credit Union was a significant factor in the decision by the regulatory agency that has been managing the facility to close the only financial institution on the island.

The future operation and ownership of the former Lupine Lodge on Campobello Island are in question, with members of its most recent operators, the nonprofit International Friends Committee/Compass Institute, dismayed by recent New Brunswick Department of Tourism and Parks actions.

A proposal for a casino in Oxford County is spurring the Passamaquoddy Tribe to have the state's voters reconsider the tribe's plans for a casino in Washington County.

The largest ocean energy device ever to be deployed in U.S. waters was unveiled at a ceremony held March 2 at the Boat School in Eastport. Ocean Renewable Power Company (ORPC) played host to over 200 people attending the event.

The governance survey that was mailed to Campobello Island residents and landowners on December 2, 2009, indicated that those who responded overwhelmingly want to move forward with incorporating the island as a rural community.

The search for two White Head fishermen who did not return home on Thursday, February 11, was suspended by the Canadian Coast Guard after a 24-hour search of the area in which their scallop dragger is suspected to have sunk.