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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.

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.

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.

Directors of the Marion Transfer Station (MTS) at their meeting of May 13 heard presentations from Nancy Oden and Normand Laberge, local proponents for two different approaches to trash disposal.

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

With a few e-mails and a lot of cooperation, a "Meet the Candidates Meeting" came together in the Great Hall of the Grand Manan Community School on April 25 without a hitch. Of the 23 candidates, all but one arrived on time and the last one showed up as soon as his boat got in.