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A superior court judge has issued a summary judgment in favor of the City of Eastport in a lawsuit brought by the boatbuilding company Millennium Marine USA and its owner, Cory Guimond.

Facing continued client accessibility challenges after closing its full-time Calais facility in 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has expanded the hours of its itinerant location on Lowell Street.

After a two-year wait, the Maine Supreme Judicial Court on March 28 upheld a lower court decision that rockweed harvesters must obtain permission from upland landowners before harvesting in the intertidal area. The impact of the decision on rockweed harvesting in the state is not yet clear.

The planned construction of a water pipeline to run from the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) to homes in the Bucks Harbor region of Machiasport appears to be in jeopardy.

Five possibilities for new shipments through the Port of Eastport were eyed during the March 18 meeting of the Eastport Port Authority board. Executive Director Chris Gardner told the board that he has been discussing with representatives of the St.

The Washington County government has joined in filing a lawsuit against numerous drug companies alleging that their marketing of opioid painkillers created an epidemic that has led to more than a death a day in Maine and cost the county millions of dollars.