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 ...

Like the first hearing last year, the second legislative hearing on a proposal to split the prosecutorial district that covers Washington and Hancock counties, held on February 18 by the Judiciary ...

It looks as though about $250,000 from Washington County's undesignated fund balance could be used to reduce the amount of the proposed hike in the fiscal year 2018-2019 budget, meaning a possible ...

In a historic vote in the November 6 election, Maine residents approved same-sex marriage, by the same margin that the state's voters had repealed a gay marriage law three years ago. Supporters of ...

The Canadian government has restated its opposition to liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels passing through Head Harbour Passage to terminals on the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay, in comments made to ...

The end of the road has been reached for two bills of concern to Washington County residents, one to fund the Downeast Correctional Facility for one more year and one to create a federally-funded ...

A bill to allow the Passamaquoddy Tribe to establish a casino in Calais went down to defeat in the Maine Senate on March 27. While the House of Representatives had been supportive, the Senate voted 20 ...

While the race for the next U.S. president has generated much attention on the national political scene, and the contest for a new U.S. senator to replace Olympia Snowe has drawn much of the publicity ...