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Residents around Vanceboro and McAdam are continuing to fight the proposal to reduce the border station hours by 12 hours every day. The Town of Vanceboro hosted a meeting on July 5 that drew approximately 100 people, with all indicating they were opposed to having the border closed from 8 p.m.

Over 90 people attended the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) public meeting on June 28 to discuss a bridge span for the Machias dike as the "preferred alternative" to replace the existing four-box causeway span.

With no shipping having taken place so far this year, the Eastport Port Authority is facing a number of changes, as its longtime leader is leaving, wood pulp shipments are switching from overseas to domestic markets and the potentially large wood chip shipments to Europe continue to be paused.

Community leaders on Deer Island want Canada Post to reverse its decision to close the Leonardville Post Office. The federal Crown corporation plans to permanently close the post office this summer and replace it with outdoor community mail boxes.

A helicopter survey will be taking place from July 13 through 18 in and around Half Moon Cove with flights in a grid pattern that will encompass adjacent areas of Pleasant Point, Eastport, Perry, Cobscook Bay and Passamaquoddy Bay.

The Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) has identified a bridge span as the preferred alternative to replace the existing four box culverts on the Machias dike bridge, which carries Route 1 over the Middle River in the Town of Machias.