2013
Budget reduction for administration approved in Lubec
It took 122 Lubec voters over four and a half hours to get through the 52 articles on the town warrant, but they did it.
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2013
Welcome dries up at holy water well
The new owners of the Robbinston property at 925 Route 1, which has been the source of free artisanal well water for many people over the years, have had to post "Private property! No trespassing" signs in front of their home.
2013
Lobstermen face endline, traps per trawl rules
Reducing the impact of lobster lines on whales and limiting the resulting cost of gear changes to lobstermen will be the subject of hearings being held by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) next month in Maine.
2013
Local businesses realize economic lift from marathon
"The economic effect extended over a 50-mile radius," says Carol Dennison, president of the Cobscook Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, "not just Lubec and Campobello." She surveyed chamber members, many located well outside of Lubec, following the recently concluded Bay of Fundy International Marathon.
2013
Two women drown after car goes into water at boat ramp
The bodies of two women were found in their car in waters off Roque Bluffs on Tuesday, July 23, after being the objects of two searches that day. Amy Stiner, 37, of Machias and Melissa Moyer, 38, of Sunbury, Pa.
2013
Teams testing spill response pour into area
In an exercise to test the joint U.S. and Canadian response to an oil spill along the border between the two countries, hundreds of federal, state and provincial responders assembled in Calais and Saint John last week. The Canuslant exercise is held every other year.
2013
Local marathon participation runs high
The finish line was on Lubec's Water Street, but the starting point was at the West Quoddy Head Light, and also a year earlier. Four hundred and forty-seven runners completed the first Bay of Fundy International Marathon on June 23, and another 270 finished the 10-kilometer race.