Environment

Volunteers step forward for bay's first white shark week

With great white sharks being increasingly in the news along the East Coast, the Quoddy region is contributing to the uptick with the first Passamaquoddy White Shark Week, a volunteer survey of the waters to observe large sharks in the area.

Eastport family involved in making of iconic Jaws movie

Groups tackle Machias dike, flooding issues

A deep love and respect for the Machias River and the Town of Machias were on display on the evening of July 22 when over 100 people gathered to roll up their sleeves and work for the benefit of the Upper Machias Bay Master Plan.

Passamaquoddy celebrate success in restoring alewife populations

The alewife, long recognized by the Passamaquoddy people as the "fish that feeds all," is coming back to its ancestral spawning grounds in record numbers after decades of contending with obstructed waterways.

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Volunteers step forward for bay's first white shark week

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Eastport family involved in making of iconic Jaws movie

Groups tackle Machias dike, flooding issues

Passamaquoddy celebrate success in restoring alewife populations