Politics & Government

The impact from a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility cannot be confined to one town, and one cannot depend on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to protect the community.

A former Passamaquoddy governor, Rick Doyle, narrowly edged out the outgoing tribal representative to the legislature, Fred Moore III, to win the governor's race at Sipayik on September 5.

An offer of $200,000 for per capita distribution at Pleasant Point by Quoddy Bay LNG was met with a counter-offer from the Sipayik Tribal Council that the council could decide how to spend the money.

Four citizens of Perry met at the town clerk's office on June 8 with 141 signatures from registered voters in the Town of Perry to petition selectmen to call a special town meeting to vote on enacting a recall ordinance.

In the Maine primary election on Tuesday, June 13, area voters will choose candidates for a number of county, state and federal positions, with contested races for Washington County sheriff, governor and U.S. senator.

Tribal, state, provincial and federal agencies have been sending comments about the liquefied natural gas (LNG) proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), ranging from concerns about the archaeology and traditional uses of the Split Rock site to the...