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In a tumultuous, sometimes rancorous meeting that went nearly two hours with a standing-room crowd on October 28, the Campobello council received community input on five unrelated matters.

The Town of Lubec has been awarded $19.6 million to build a safe harbor for boats that will include a breakwater, mooring field, boat launch and floating docks.

Just 10 years ago the logistics of telecommuting for work from many areas of Washington County was a non-starter, but in the ensuing years technology has been rapidly advancing and, with it, telecommuters of all stripes have been coming.

It's a rare day when traffic comes to a standstill Downeast, but it happened October 21 when a 50‑foot-long barge was being transported from Bucks Harbor enroute to Florida.

Allegations of illegal rockweed cutting in Cobscook Bay -- with harvesters not obtaining the permission of the upland property owners -- have again brought the issue to the fore and raised questions about whether rockweed companies are following the Maine Supreme Judicial Court decision last...

Despite concerns by two Eastport city councillors that the municipal airport is an undue tax burden on property owners, City Manager Ross Argir explains that, after reviewing airport accounts with city Treasurer Traci Claroni, over the last three years the total cost of the airport to the...