While it appears the Washington County government may have raised enough funds from municipalities to be able to pay its tax-anticipation note (TAN) to Machias Savings Bank by February 20, the meeting ...

A student intern working at the Woodland Pulp mill has died and another worker was critically injured following exposure to a toxic gas at the mill's bleach plant on Tuesday, January 27, when the mill ...

A slate of recommendations ready to be released to the public by the Upper Machias Bay Master Plan (UMBMP) Leadership Committee includes a proposal that the failing Machias dike be replaced with a ...

In honor of Valentine's Day, the stories of John and Patrice Goodwin of Eastport and Dennis and Gail Preston of Edmunds, two couples whose relationships have endured through the decades, are shared.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court has voided the conviction of Kailie Brackett for murdering Kimberly Neptune of Sipayik in April 2022. Brackett had been sentenced to 55 years in prison following a ...

Jason Parent knows he faces a challenge. In the aftermath of the closure of Downeast Community Partners (DCP) after years of financial mismanagement, he now oversees the soon-to-be-official Community ...

Wabanaki tribal officials are calling a Maine casino operator who recently filed a lawsuit against the state over the new online gaming law "hypocritical." The suit was filed on January 23 by Oxford ...

ISAIAH LAWRENCE of the Shead Tigers flies high on his way to score a basket during a game against Deer Isle-Stonington on January 24. After winning their quarterfinal game in the Class S tournament in ...

HAVING A GOOD TIME ice-fishing on Round Pond in Charlotte is this group from the Cobscook Currents 4-H club: (left to right) Ira Danielson, Samantha Leighton, Jamie Brown, holding up a 15-inch ...

On January 21, the Maine legislature's Committee on State and Local Government held a hearing regarding LD 2009, a bill sponsored by Senator Marianne Moore of Calais that would allow political ...

FISHING BOATS COME AND GO, IN THE GENTLY FALLING SNOW. The scallop dragger Kadie & Kari heads in to tie up at the Eastport breakwater during a heavy snowfall on January 17. (Edward French photo) While ...

FISHING BOATS COME AND GO, IN THE GENTLY FALLING SNOW. The scallop dragger Kadie & Kari heads in to tie up at the Eastport breakwater during a heavy snowfall on January 17. (Edward French photo) ...