Politics & Government

Former Eastport City Manager George "Bud" Finch was designated by unanimous vote to be the acting city manager, at a special Eastport City Council meeting held on January 6. Finch had resigned last month, citing a lack of support from the council, with the resignation effective December 31.

A Town of Whiting committee will be working over the next few months to draft an industrial wind turbine ordinance for the town. At a special town meeting held on November 9, residents voted 18 to 2 in favor of enacting the Industrial Wind Turbine Project Development Moratorium Ordinance.

Maine residents will have seven referendum questions to decide at the Tuesday, November 3, election. The referenda range from a number of citizen initiatives, including one that would reduce the excise tax on qualifying vehicles...

Most Washington County residents likely consider the county budget as a fiscal matter under the control of the county commissioners. And until LD 2080, An Act to Better Coordinate and Reduce the Cost of the Delivery of State and County Correctional Services, came into effect...

The Canadian government has restated its opposition to liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels passing through Head Harbour Passage to terminals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay, in comments made to the U.S.

An amendment to a $150 million bond package, which sought to unravel the vote of the Maine Legislature's Appropriations Committee to include $5.75 million in bond funding for the ports of Eastport and Searsport, started a battle on the floor of the Senate...