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The owner of an Eastport home and attached garage that were destroyed by a late-night fire on December 13 believes the blaze was started by a manufacturer's defect in the car that was in the garage.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers plans to build a 1,500-foot-long stone retaining wall this year at Pleasant Point to prevent ongoing shoreline erosion. The emergency shoreline protection project will be behind St. Ann's Church, the elderly meal site building and some tribal housing.

An early evening house fire displaced a family of seven in Machiasport on December 21, and everything they owned was lost, according to fire personnel on the scene. The fire originated in the attic of the 2 1/2-story house, and its cause is believed to have been a short-circuit in the wiring.

With the new year bearing a new current of news, The Quoddy Tides looks back on 2019 for the top stories of the day as reported at the time.

In response to public comments, the U.S. Coast Guard has revised its housing plan for Perry, reducing the initial number of units to four single-family or two duplex homes, eliminating a community center and cutting the size of a maintenance building.

In a repeat of last year's weather delay, Grand Manan's lobster season opened three days late on November 14...