2015
Lubec volunteers try to rescue shark
Sometime during the night of September 2, a young male basking shark apparently took a wrong turn and ended up stranded on the sand bar alongside the Lubec Channel on a rapidly falling tide.
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2015
Calais planning for full service marina
Boaters gifted with the experience of plying the waterways connected with Passamaquoddy Bay may soon have the opportunity of visiting a wholly upgraded waterfront -- one that was once the second-busiest lumber port in the state, just behind Bangor.
2015
Lacking manpower, fire department in Cooper to disband
The Cooper Volunteer Fire Department is not able to legally function, stated Fire Chief Trevor Flood at the August 15 Cooper Select Board meeting. He explained that this decision came during a recent meeting of the fire department personnel and its board of directors.
2015
East Machias hatchery working to bring Atlantic salmon home
On a cool sunlit morning, as mist hovers over the stream, the salmon begin to move, returning home. There is nothing like the sight of a salmon returning from the ocean waters, up a river to where it began life, to spawn and make new life.
2015
Select board, budget committee clash in Lubec
Sharp disagreements between the Lubec Select Board and the budget committee set the tone for the annual town meeting held on August 4. It took three and a half hours to approve 48 articles, with 72 registered Lubec voters participating.
2015
Breakwater work going full steam ahead
Work is proceeding full steam ahead on the reconstruction of the Eastport breakwater, which partially collapsed last December.
2015
Seals’ delaying of breakwater work resolved
The loud pile-driving noise from rebuilding the Eastport breakwater was threatening to cripple the project, as the sound could disturb seals in the bay.