2017
Canada eases reporting for private boats
The Canadian government recently streamlined its reporting requirements for private boaters who do not land in Canada.
Local News
2017
Eastport’s deer hunt could see option to donate to pantries
The 2017 special deer hunt planned in the City of Eastport includes a number of changes from last year's hunt, all to help facilitate the efficient culling of the city's burgeoning deer population.
2017
CRH board accepts city’s plea for public input, transparency
Tensions ran high periodically throughout a meeting between the Calais City Council and Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) on Thursday, July 13, but, after both parties had the opportunity to present their situation, a mutual agreement to work toward transparency was reached.
2017
Tribe planning not to harvest blueberry crop
The current glut of wild blueberries in the market has not only depressed prices significantly but is leaving some growers, including the Passamaquoddy Tribe, with no place to sell their berries.
2017
City’s breakwater celebrated amidst sea of red, white, blue
Cradled between "The Stars and Stripes Forever" and other patriotic songs played by the Maine Army National Guard band on the deck of the Eastport Port Authority office and the non-stop booming, brilliant flashes of the Eastport Fourth of July's fantastic fireworks display over the Navy...
2017
Campobello man dies saving whale
The community of Campobello is mourning the loss of Joseph Howlett, the lobsterman with a passion for rescuing whales, who died in a freak entanglement accident on July 10 about 20 miles off the coast of New Brunswick in the waters of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
2017
Lubec brownfield project celebrated
The process took nearly five years, but Lubec's former Columbian Packing Company brownfield project is reaching the end. About 50 people gathered on June 16 to celebrate the persistent work required to obtain financing and arrange for the required demolition.