Local News

Eight years ago an anticipated rockweed harvest in Cobscook Bay did not occur following a public call for a moratorium, but this year, with the start of the second season of harvesting after a limited harvest last summer, any outcry has been muted.

A domestic drama is told in images that were recorded this spring by amateur photographer Andy Slater at a spot that's been a sightseer's magnet for two decades -- the eagles' nest on the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge near the intersection of Route 1 and the Charlotte Road.

County commissioners heard a presentation at their June 5 meeting by F.J. Moore Associates promoting a waste-to-energy plan they say could solve Washington County's trash disposal problem and at the same time provide a new source of electricity for local consumers.

Lubec voters defeated the proposed 2008B2009 MSAD 19 budget in voting on Tuesday, June 10, by eight votes, with 136 in favor and 144 opposing the budget. The $2,050,000 budget had been approved at a public meeting five days before but went down to defeat in the state-mandated second vote.

The Passamaquoddy Tribe's Environmental Department at Pleasant Point has received a $120,000 award from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to test an underwater tidal power turbine.

The proposed budget for the City of Eastport calls for an increase of $129,050 from local taxes for a 5.7% hike in the mill rate. The increase in the local budget is driven by higher costs for fuel, utilities and insurance, combined with a significant drop in the