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2014

Teacher intends to file suit over Lubec school bus incident

Lubec residents continue to grapple with the aftermath of the October 8 incident involving a school bus transporting students to Machias Memorial High School and Washington Academy that resulted in the arrest of teacher Deborah Bousquet by Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith.

2014

Perry family's red-tape plight no end in sight

The recounting of a nearly eight-year-long effort by a Perry man in dealing with a bureaucratic nightmare to obtain birth certificates and Social Security numbers for his two children reads like a Kafka novel with an American catch-22 spin.

2014

Sea urchin fishermen haul in good price, fair catches

Sea urchin fishermen in the Cobscook Bay area have been pleased with the number of urchins and the price they're receiving this year, although some still are chafing about the tote limit that was imposed by the state beginning last year.

2014

Parents seek action in wake of bus incident

A Lubec Elementary School teacher was arrested and a number of Lubec high school students were frightened on the morning of Wednesday, October 8, after a school bus driver transporting the students to Washington Academy...

2014

One Eastport street serves as funnel for huge watershed

Residents of the Hawkes Avenue neighborhood of Eastport have been learning about watersheds and drainage in recent weeks. At the request of the city council, District Manager Nathan Pennell of Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District visited the island city...

2014

Digging in to rebuild bay’s clam fishery

A Pembroke seafood buyer is hoping to encourage more people to dig clams around Cobscook Bay and to rebuild the fishery by eventually offering a good, stable price for the product throughout the year.

2014

Critics and supporters turn out for LNG meeting in Robbinston

About 30 people attended Downeast LNG's open house public meeting on September 16 at the Robbinston Grade School regarding its plans to add a natural gas liquefaction capacity so that it could not only import but also export liquefied natural gas at its proposed facility in Robbinston.