Local News

A scientist who has been gaining local knowledge about great white sharks along the East Coast of the U.S. and Canada believes there could be up to nearly 1,000 of them in the Passamaquoddy Bay region during a season and that they may be courting and mating in the bay.

Search groups have continued looking for a paddleboarder in the waters off West Quoddy Head in Lubec for more than two weeks without success. Harold Dean Jackson III, known as Dean, of Asheville, N.C., was last seen the night of July 3, although he was not reported missing until July 6.

Pembroke residents have been filing comments in opposition and state and federal agencies have requested intervenor status following the filing with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) of an application for a tidal power project on the Pennamaquan River.

A fire on June 17 brings pressure to deal with the continuing crisis of people without homes in St. Stephen. The fire destroyed the officially vacant older wooden apartment building at 80 Union St.

Eastport residents were surprised when the city council, after unanimously voting two months ago to not allow ATVs on the city's streets, approved, by a 3-2 vote, to allow them in portions of the city outside of the downtown and more built-up neighborhoods.

Some Downeast business owners are struggling with credit card fees that can have a significant impact on profit margins. The fees, which are mandated by state law to be paid by merchants rather than by customers or by the issuers of the credit cards, can reach thousands of dollars of month.