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 ...

The launch of the audiobook for the Sea Run report, which collects and assesses the access of traditional food sources to Indigenous people in Maine, was celebrated on October 13 at the Veazie Salmon ...

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 ...

Before daybreak on Wednesday morning, September 3, flames reaching high above the tree line lit the area surrounding 27 East River Road in Pembroke. The home of Katherine and Jeremy Jurdak caught fire ...

One of the most endangered historic buildings in Maine – the American Can Company plant in Eastport – has new owners, and they promise a rebirth of the massive waterfront structure. The ...

PARADING PAST the mermaid statue on the Eastport seawall is the Eastport Senior Center’s cardio drumming class during the Witches of Eastport festival. See this issue for more on the festival. (Clark ...

CELEBRATING THEIR SUCCESS are the newly-pinned graduates of the first in-house nursing program at Washington County Community College on December 18. From left to right: Shayleigh Saumur, Nicole ...

The federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in northern Maine is facing a perfect storm of challenges this year, including the unexpected combining of two social services ...

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 ...

Maine voters will consider two statewide referendum questions at the November 4 polls. Question 1 would alter the laws governing absentee voting and voter ID requirements, among other changes, and ...

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 ...

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 ...