Local News

Eastport will host a U.S. Navy vessel during the Fourth of July and Old Home Week after all. In the wake of an earlier decision by the Navy to deny the Fourth of July Committee's request for a ship...

A 14-acre Eastport property was searched on May 22 by the Maine State Police (MSP) and the Eastport Police Department for clues into the whereabouts of a woman who has been missing for almost a decade.

At its May 14 meeting, the Calais City Council debated the issue of whether or not to provide a bid to Alexander and Baileyville for ambulance service. Councillor Artie Mingo made the point that both towns were in the original plan that was submitted when the service began.

The criminal complaint against the former financial officer in charge of the $11 million budget for the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point reads like an instruction manual on how to steal without getting caught -- except this time the man with multiple identities appears to have been unmasked.

Four lay-offs and a reduction in over 500 hours of staff time per week have taken effect at Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) as a result of a deficit of over $500,000 in just the first two months of the 2014 year.

The Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD) is upgrading its water treatment plant in Perry in order to improve the drinking water quality. The project, which costs almost three-quarters of a million dollars, will be mostly completed by the end of May.