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While the Conservation Council of New Brunswick's Fundy Baykeeper has expressed dismay on learning that the provincial government has approved a new salmon aquaculture site for Cooke Aquaculture in Haley's Cove just east of Chance Harbour, a spokesman for the aquaculture company says the...

A day after the legislature adjourned without providing funding for the Boat School in Eastport or the Downeast Heritage Museum in Calais, Governor John Baldacci announced that he would be making available from his contingency funds $210,000 to help the Boat School and $300,000 in emergency...

The Perry selectmen's meeting on May 15 brought on a tense atmosphere of debate over the minutes of past meetings. The debate arose because, during the previous selectmen's meeting, a motion was passed to record and keep official meeting minutes.

Plans to remove 85 miles of railroad track on the Calais branch line have been given the green light to proceed full steam ahead, with a legislative committee whistling its support, even though not everyone's on board with the proposal.

It was relatively quiet during the first hour of the regular Perry selectmen's meeting on May 1, but the quiet quickly dissolved during the latter part of the meeting, which lasted over three hours.

Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Governor Mark Altvater was among a group of Americans who traveled recently to Venezuela to express their gratitude to President Hugo Chavez for a discounted heating oil program that helped tribal members this past winter.