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2022

New funding and bill aim to retain veterans’ homes

Plans to provide funding to keep the Machias and Caribou veterans' homes open and emergency legislation that would require that homes be located in those communities are moving forward, as efforts continue to reverse the decision by the Maine Veterans' Homes (MVH) board of trustees to close the...

2022

Port authority turns away Russian ship from docking in city

While the Eastport Port Authority has received national publicity for its decision to turn down a request from a Russian-flagged ship to dock at the port -- with the port authority being hailed as taking a stand against Russia for invading Ukraine -- the reasons for the decision were actually...

2022

Robbinston eyeing subdivision ordinance

Robbinston voters will decide whether the town will have its own subdivision ordinance at the annual town meeting to be held on Monday, March 28, at 7 p.m. at the former grade school.

2022

Vaccinated can cross border without testing

Canada will be dropping the requirement that fully vaccinated people entering the country by land, water or air take COVID 19 tests starting on April 1. All travellers, including Canadians returning home, will still need to register with the ArriveCAN free mobile app or website.

2022

Plans to close veterans' home spark outrage

An emergency bill to require legislative approval before any Maine veterans' home could be closed is one of the many efforts to keep the homes in Machias and Caribou open.

2022

Pembroke turns down breezeway project

By a three-vote margin, Pembroke residents turned down the proposed breezeway project at the elementary school in a February 23 referendum vote. The vote was 21 to 18, with only 39 residents casting ballots.

2022

Bill would allow tribe to tap into Perry aquifer for drinking water

A legislative bill that would allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to tap into a groundwater aquifer in Perry to provide drinking water to Sipayik garnered a great deal of support during a hearing by the legislature's Judiciary Committee on February 17, with over 100 people providing testimony in...