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Whiting Mill Pond dam project to boost more than alewife numbers

As he gestures at the Whiting Mill Pond dam, fisherman Adam Boutin says, "Forty years ago, this stream was black with alewives. There would be 20 people down there dipping the alewives," a river herring species that swims upriver each spring. "Nothing can get in the nets now."

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Committee recommends replacing Machias dike with exact replica

A recommendation to replace the Machias dike with an exact replica will be handed to the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) in April and could result in a new structure constructed over the Middle River in five years if everything goes according to plan.

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