Local News

Two days following the January 22 selectmen's meeting, a group of Perry residents filed a petition that would override a decision made by the majority of selectmen and allows the citizens to call a special town meeting to decide on setting up a representative group to participate in discussions...

The Passamaquoddy reservation at Indian Township is being offered 40% of the profits from a land lease with Quoddy Bay LNG, if that reservation's tribal councillors sign a tax agreement between the tribe and the company.

The Charlotte County chapter of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB), in a January 8 press release, is calling for a public consultation regarding the aggregate quarry operated for Charlotte County Ports Ltd. by Jamer Materials at Bayside on the St. Croix River.

In a plea for help in gaining entrance to negotiations between Quoddy Bay LNG and the chairman of the Perry Board of Selectmen, David Turner, Selectwoman Jeanne Guisinger, at the December 18 selectmen's meeting, officially notified Turner, "I object to be excluded from the discussions for a...

Proceedings continued on December 19 at 4th District Court in Calais in the case involving two huskies owned by Alan and Valerie Fenderson of Charlotte that killed several sheep.

Next December, a new power line crossing the international border in Baileyville to connect Maine and New Brunswick should be in service. Groundbreaking for the Maine portion of the 345-kilovolt line, running 85-miles from Orrington to the St. Croix River, was held in October...