Local News

The New Brunswick government announced on July 12 that it would replace the aging Grand Manan Nursing Home, which is so infested with mold that 10 of the 30 residents have been moved out of the building.

Kacen Pedrucci is lucky to be alive. Sometime in mid-May the 15-month-old boy swallowed a coin-like "button battery" and is now being fed through a tube in his throat.

Smuggling was rampant, counterfeiting profitable and the administration of justice questionable in the early 1800s in the community known as Plantation 4, now known as Robbinston.

Homelessness in Washington County has been growing since the recession began in 2008. A three‑year pilot program to prevent homelessness is just about to end, and the question for the many agencies and individuals working on the issue is how to move forward with limited or no funding.

The local property tax rate in the City of Eastport would remain flat, with no increase in the mill rate, under the proposal brought forward by Eastport City Manager Jon Southern and the city budget committee. Although the total budget would increase by $218,350, or 5.

The Pennamaquan River is being considered as a possible site for tidal energy generation. At the June 6 Pembroke selectman's meeting, a project proposed by Ramez Atiya, the Pennamaquan Tidal Power Plant, was discussed.