Local News

Two lobster fishermen out of Eastport were fortunate that another boat was nearby to rescue them after their vessel sank off Lubec on Sunday, November 25.

The City of Calais has confirmed the appointment of two administrative positions. Longtime Calais resident Mike Ellis has been named as the new city manager, while Joyce Garland has expanded her role at the Calais Free Library to the directorship.

At a special Eastport City Council meeting held on Tuesday, December 11, the council voted to hire Ross Argir as the new city manager. Argir is an attorney who has been working with Pine Tree Legal Assistance.

The AOS 77 school system's central office computer server was hacked sometime after schools were let out for the Thanksgiving break, resulting in a possible data breach of personal information for hundreds of current and former employees of the schools in the AOS.

Grand Manan lobster fishermen finally set traps on Thursday, November 15, after a delay caused by gale force winds earlier in the week, but the day was not without its hazards, as four fishermen fell overboard and one boat with a crew of seven nearly sank in the strong winds.

On November 10, 1918, one of the last men to be killed in the final hours of World War I, just before the guns fell silent, was Moses Neptune, son of the Passamaquoddy chief at Pleasant Point.