While Lubec residents earlier this month narrowly adopted a local aquaculture ordinance in response to two salmon farm lease renewal requests, whether the ordinance will be legally binding and whether ...

LITTLE MERMAIDS march in the parade with cardboard fish they made during the Eastport Mermaid Festival on August 2. See this ...

ONE OF THE 25-FOOT MECHANICAL SHARKS used in the film Jaws is shown on a sea sled that was towed by Skip Harris of Eastport ...

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 ...

The Washington County Emergency Medical Services Authority, known as Downeast EMS, startled employees in early May when Director Steven Welsch notified them of belt-tightening measures.

The decades-long debate over federal licensing of Woodland Pulp's storage dams on the St. Croix River has gained greater local interest with the filing of legislation by Congressman Bruce Poliquin to ...

Area legislators are putting bills in the hopper to address issues ranging from allowing gambling proposals such as a casino for the Passamaquoddy Tribe to proceed, to authorizing the City of Eastport ...

The race for Maine's next governor has garnered much of the attention in recent weeks, but local races for seats in the Maine House of Representatives and Senate and for district attorney and county ...

Having visited 55 countries and with more to come, Lubec resident Roger Quirk considers his recent visit to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site in Ukraine the most interesting trip he's ever taken.

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 ...

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 ...

Passage of a resolution proposing a constitutional amendment regarding the publication of a section of the Maine Constitution that outlines the state's treaty obligations with Native tribes has been ...