A lengthy process with no surplus Early in the meeting, Chris Gardner, chair of the Washington County commissioners, explained that what the county has typically done in the past was lessen the tax ...

Santa brings oranges in Lubec Just across the water, the children and residents of Lubec enjoy a different tradition. On a Saturday before Christmas, Santa is brought by firetruck down through the ...

On the eve of a weather event promising to bring high winds and waters, a group of stakeholders convened in Machias to discuss strategies for mitigating storm damage and to share resources that have ...

Dike solution delayed indefinitely The new $2 million temporary structure will span the inoperable gated culvert section of the Route 1 dike in Machias and be paid for exclusively from state funds.

With the opening of the scallop season in Cobscook Bay on December 2, fishermen are seeing the highest prices ever for their catches, which have been good, and more draggers in the bay than during the ...

Authorities have positively identified human remains found in St. Andrews as those of a former Lubec man who was reported missing in early July after going out on a paddleboard near West Quoddy Head.

Last winter a temporary bridge was installed over a portion of the Machias dike harboring a failing baffle system that for more than 100 years has regulated the flow of water between Middle River, ...

A listening session focused around the sardine industry was hosted by the Penobscot Marine Museum on November 12 at the Lubec Community Outreach Center. Those invited were any who had participated in ...

Look's Gourmet Food, which operates the last seafood cannery in Maine and does business as Bar Harbor Foods, has announced to its 20 employees in Whiting that the facility will be closed next month.

Pauline Cates took most of an hour on November 16 in the company of an appreciative audience inside the Lubec Memorial Library to tell stories from her days as a teacher, principal and member of the ...

An environmental advocacy organization has filed notice of its intent to sue Cooke Aquaculture for Clean Water Act violations at its salmon sites in Maine, including those in Cobscook Bay and Machias ...

The Pleasant Point Tribal Council voted on May 5 to continue to discuss with ...