LEADING A GROUP of cruise ship passengers on a tour of downtown Eastport is Joan Lowden. The 734-foot Seven Seas Splendor, with 750 passengers, was in port on October 12. (Edward French photo) As the ...

The unusual weather cycle of the past year – which saw ample early rain in the spring followed by drought and high heat in the summer – has had a disastrous effect on the wild blueberry crops across ...

The prolonged drought is having increasingly dire effects on Grand Manan, as people are reporting dry wells, and some have been without water for extended periods. Some have been using relatives' ...

IN A RED SEA OF CRANBERRIES are Donovan Palmer Jr., Branden Williams and David Davis at Mingo’s cranberry bogs in Red Beach. The harvest will be continuing for another week, and visitors are welcome ...

Housing in Washington County continues to be out of reach for many in the area, as a shortage of inventory paired with high prices remains the dominating trend. According to the most recent data from ...

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 ...

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 ...

Fifteen‑year‑old Cole Brown was up on a ladder building a shed when he heard a clamor coming from the alders behind him. He'd been hearing noises coming from the woods for hours, but this was a noise ...

CHARGING UP Boynton Street to the nursing home to entertain the residents at the start of the Eastport Pirate Festival is this group of swashbuckling pirates. See this issue for more coverage of the ...

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 ...

Legislation that would further assert the rights of tribes in Maine, including the right for tribal representatives to vote in the legislature and for the tribes to cooperatively manage the elver ...

THE BRILLIANT LADY lies at anchor off Eastport on September 18, as the Pier Pressure brings a group of cruise ship passengers back from a ride pulling lobster traps. The occasion marked Virgin Voyages ...