LITTLE MERMAIDS march in the parade with cardboard fish they made during the Eastport Mermaid Festival on August 2. See this issue for more coverage of the festival. (Don Dunbar photo) ...

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 ...

The pending closure of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) office in Calais was the primary topic discussed at a city council meeting held on August 11. The decision to close the office ...

Bills submitted by Washington County legislators would reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, restore the state's revenue sharing to municipalities to 5%, help fight the ...

With the COVID‑19 pandemic upending normal routines of homelife and work, classrooms and more, Downeast residents are coming up with new ways to socialize, work, learn and see the special in the ...

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 ...

When Kim and Don Roos moved in 2000 from Fairfield County, Conn., to Jonesboro with their three young children, they knew they were doing the right thing for their family but couldn't have imagined ...

Machias residents were scheduled to decide on February 7 whether to approve a new economic tool that would generate revenue for the town by offering tax credits to businesses making new investments.

A bill to allow Maine lobster fishermen to haul their traps at night throughout most of the year in the disputed “grey zone” has again drawn attention to the 165-square-kilometre fishing area centered ...

Bills submitted by Washington County legislators would reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, restore the state's revenue sharing to municipalities to 5%, help fight the ...

COLLECTING SAP from maple trees in a Robbinston sugarbush for Howard and Mary Ann Duvall’s Maple Lane Sugary are Jim Morrell and his granddaughter Madison Morrell. The Duvalls tapped 550 maple trees ...

Over 5,000 patients of a number of Washington County healthcare organizations have had personal information possibly compromised by a data breach that occurred at CaptureRx in February. The HIPAA ...