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A dragger that sank near Falls Island in Cobscook Bay was located by the Maine State Police dive team on Thursday, January 20. The Miss Priss had sunk almost a year before -- on January 23, 2010, after hitting a submerged object.

Test wells to explore the feasibility of developing a new source of water for Eastport, Pleasant Point and part of Perry are expected to be drilled in Perry within the next month.

After two hours of serious public input during a Perry Planning Board public hearing on January 5 regarding an application for a bulkhead project proposed by Eldon Morrison, Gerald Morrison and Perry Marine & Construction LLC on Gleason Cove Road, board members voted in favor of approving the...

Approximately 138,000 juvenile salmon were lost in late December from a fish farm off Grand Manan after high winds tore the netting on the cages. The losses occurred at two new cages at an Admiral Fish Farms site off Pumpkin Island, near White Head Island.

Speaking at the Lubec selectmen's meeting on January 5, Chairman Bill Daye revealed that the potential suitor for the town garage property is Family Dollar Stores, a publicly traded firm based in Matthews, N.C. Daye confirmed that talks with the firm's local representatives and the

It has been a long time since the economy in Washington County has meant comfortable living for the majority of its residents.