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Despite months of protests from many area residents, the New Brunswick Department of Environment has approved the renewal of permits for the company currently operating the granite quarry in Bayside.

The City of Eastport has formally announced its objections to the Quoddy Bay LNG project, in a filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on June 21, and has requested that FERC deny Quoddy Bay's pending application to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal adjacent to...

The Eastport City Council approved a $5.1 million budget at its June 11 meeting, with an expected local tax rate of 19.9 mills, after restoring a fifth full-time police officer for a six-month period.

The U.S.S. McFaul DD6 74, a guided missile destroyer, will be docking in Eastport during the Fourth of July festivities this year. The Arleigh Burke Class vessel is home to 23 officers, 24 chief petty officers and 291 enlisted personnel.

Navigational risks, impacts on commercial fisheries and possible dangers posed by an accident by an LNG tanker will likely be among the subjects of dispute at the Maine Board of Environmental Protection's hearing on the Downeast LNG application in July...

The beginning of a rockweed harvest in Cobscook Bay this month is again raising concerns among some fishermen, conservationists and landowners around the bay about the impacts on habitat for other species from the cutting of the seaweed resource.