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A salmon conservation group is calling again for closed containment systems for salmon aquaculture following the recent discovery of escaped farmed salmon in two area rivers. Although the number of fish found in the Magaguadavic River near St.

The Passamaquoddy Water District (PWD) is moving ahead with plans to resolve problems with its water supply so that another boil order will not occur in the future.

A recent Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruling in an Eastport case is being viewed by some as fundamentally altering the law on the public's right to use privately owned intertidal areas, while others see the decision as still narrowly limiting those rights.

The deal almost didn't make it, but on the evening of September 1 representatives of Perry Marine & Construction (PMC) and the Friends of the Boat School were mostly all smiles at a presentation to the Eastport City Council for a purchase proposal for the property on Deep Cove Road where the...

Responding to what has been termed a perennial issue, the Lubec Board of Selectmen has established a committee to explore the possibility of establishing a local police department within the town.

A young rape and incest survivor from Robbinston is being called inspiring, brave and unselfish for her efforts to provide the support needed by others who have been harmed by sexual abuse.