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 ...

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 ...

We want to start the journey of building trust in the water source. Years of no violations will help build trust," says William "Billy" Longfellow, water quality technician and program manager with ...

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 ...

The lines for Maine House and Senate districts are being redrawn, with the legislature having approved the new district lines that were recommended by a bipartisan Apportionment Commission. The most ...

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' ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has been receiving comments about the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects proposed by Quoddy Bay LNG and Downeast LNG for Passamaquoddy Bay.

Last month Leon Sockbeson II of Pleasant Point sent a design sketch for a dress to the renowned designer Adrianna Papell, with the dream of seeing his design come alive on the Red Carpet and worn by a ...

Artist Richard Van Buren was walking between his studio and house in Perry in late winter when his phone rang. On the phone was his art dealer. Van Buren relates, "He said, 'Where are you right now?'" ...

PLANTING CLAM SEEDS in the Sipayik Community Clam Garden at Half Moon Cove are members of the Downeast Institute during a sunny but brisk day in early April. The clam garden, which will provide clams ...

The shooting of a New York teenager in Machias in November was an ambushed killing involving members of two rival drug gangs, according to a police affidavit. In addition to four men believed to be ...