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A proposed expansion to the county courthouse, to be funded by the state to the tune of $8.5 million, has Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith voicing sharp opposition to the project. "I keep hearing that the state is broke," he says.

Barring any last second surprises in Augusta, this spring alewives will be able to reach the 98% of their traditional spawning habitat in the St. Croix River watershed that has been blocked for the past 19 years.

The Eastport City Council expects to hire Larry Post as the new city manager, replacing outgoing City Manager Jonathan Southern. At the April 10 council meeting council President Mary Repole introduced Post and said, "We're still in negotiations, but both the council and Mr. Post are committed."

The dispute between the state and the Passamaquoddy Tribe over the issuance of elver fishing licenses has simmered down this past week, as both Maine and tribal officials continue meeting to reach a resolution.

Emotions ran high at times during a public meeting at the Lubec Consolidated School on Monday, April 1.

Cory Guimond of Millennium Marine of Escuminac, N.B., will be setting up a boat-manufacturing facility in Eastport, beginning operations this year and eventually hiring approximately 50 people. The news of the awarding of a $1.4 million U.S.