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The lawsuit brought by Eastport residents Phyllis Bradbury and David Gholson against the City of Eastport over the sale of The Boat School property was dismissed in Washington County Superior Court on November 15 and made known to the involved parties on November 20.

Eastport City Manager Jon Southern confirms that at the November 13 city council meeting executive session he gave notice that he does not intend to renew his contract in April.

The Pembroke Elementary School gym held over 50 people on the evening of October 25 to present comments and questions at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) scoping session on the Pennamaquan Tidal Power LLC project proposed for the Pennamaquan River entrance to Cobscook Bay.

Frustration over the growing list of problems with the Eastport Coast Guard Station building was vented by Eastport Port Authority board members at their October 16 meeting.

The first cruise ship season in the Eastport area ended on a high note with the arrival and departure of ResidenSea's condominium ship The World on October 9. The 12-deck vessel credits itself as being the largest privately owned residential yacht on the planet...

The Canadian and U.S. Coast Guard participated in two days of joint search and rescue exercises this week in the Passamaquoddy Bay area, with simulated rescues of eight missing kayakers and of seven people in a boat that had swamped.