Local News

The loss of berthing for boats at the Eastport breakwater and an expected influx of scallop draggers have prompted communities around Cobscook Bay to freeze the number of boat moorings, as the mooring fields were becoming overcrowded.

The turmoil in the Sipayik tribal government is continuing, with efforts to recall the vice chief and a tribal councillor, as well as allegations of bullying and intimidation by supporters of the chief.

The communities of Calais, Eastport and Machias C as well as another 27 around the state -- may be affected by the proposed elimination of the Department of Economic and Community Development's (DECD) funding to the Maine Downtown Center (MDC).

With an infrastructure of dark fiber Internet cable now running through part of Calais, the city is considering the option of facilitating its expansion to provide homes and businesses with fiber optic speeds.

The Secret Service is investigating a rash of fraudulent credit and debit card transactions that began to surface the weekend of October 17 in the Calais area, affecting customers of a number of different financial institutions.

Citing emergency conditions of threatened harbor overcrowding during the upcoming scallop season, the Lubec Harbor Board has established a moratorium on the installation of moorings in town waters.