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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

First wood chip shipment eyed for next month

The first shipment of wood chips through the port of Eastport is expected to occur next month, as a contract was expected to be signed this week for exporting the wood biomass to Nova Scotia.

2013

AOS to file lawsuit if Calais does not pay contract share

The AOS #77 school board will file suit against Calais if the city does not agree by May 23 to honor its 37% share of the remaining years of AOS Superintendent Jim Underwood's contract. The decision was made at the board's May 9 meeting.

2013

Border fee proposal creates concern on Campobello council

Campobello Mayor Stephen Smart doesn't mince words. Speaking at the monthly council meeting on April 29, he observed, "We're a little different than anybody else.

2013

Cooke fined $500,000 for pesticide use

A Cooke Aquaculture subsidiary will pay $500,000, one of the largest and most significant penalties ever levied in Canada under the Fisheries Act, for using an illegal pesticide at salmon farms that led to lobster deaths around Deer Island and Grand Manan.

2013

Navy not sending ship for Fourth of July

The U.S. Navy will not be sending a vessel to Eastport this year during Old Home Week. Captain J.E. Campbell, director of public affairs and outreach, gave U.S. Senator Susan Collins the news in mid-April.

2013

Whiting may be site to expand cell phone coverage in county

Expanded cell phone service in Washington County will become a reality in the relatively near future, with a site in Whiting being eyed for a new cell tower.