Local News

Downeast EMS, formally known as the Washington County Emergency Medical Services Authority, is slowly but surely getting its house in order.

Deer Island residents were shocked and more than 20 workers on the government-run ferry between Deer Island and Letete are worried about their jobs after the New Brunswick government announced on April 18 that it had entered into an agreement to turn the service over to a private company.

Will a wind turbine with a 213-foot tower near Welshpool, Campobello, cause a loss in real estate values and possibly bring about health issues? Art and Cheryl Lindgren of Vinalhaven warn that it might.

While petitions have been signed by several hundred members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe to have a recent multi-million settlement award from the U.S. government distributed among the tribal members, tribal councillors are pointing out that the money has not yet been received...

Six companies or individuals who submitted plans last year to the Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) to harvest rockweed in Cobscook Bay again have submitted plans for 2012.

Are Maine's laws that provide a special real estate tax category for tree growth a necessary component that provides jobs, taxable income and economic prosperity? Or are they a "beggar-thy-neighbor" loophole that allows a few landowners to deflect their share of property tax to others?