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

Plans for a new health center in Eastport are still moving forward, although they have been delayed, in part because of ...

During a four-hour town meeting on August 6 that drew 233 voters, Lubec residents decisively turned down a proposed land use ...

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 ...

Dalton Brown is a kind, helpful, funny young man who just graduated from the Grand Manan Community School (GMCS) on June 17. He is also a cancer survivor.

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The pending closure of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) office in Calais was the primary topic discussed at a city council meeting held on August 11. The decision to close the office ...

Bills submitted by Washington County legislators would reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, restore the state's revenue sharing to municipalities to 5%, help fight the ...

The impact of climate change on coastal communities may seem like an unknown quantity for some day in the future, but ask emergency management and public safety personnel or others involved in ...

There weren't many contested races in the June 10 primary election in Washington County, but some new faces will be in the running for seats in the U.S. Congress and Maine House of Representatives and ...