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 ...

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 ...

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 total of 16 contractors and two Woodland Pulp employees were exposed to chlorine dioxide gas during a planned maintenance outage at the mill at about 10 a.m. on February 16. Calais Regional Hospital ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

A historic building in East Machias, having been rescued from deteriorating into the ground, is now seeing "its old bones" find purpose once more. The East Machias Cultural Arts Center (EMCAC) now ...

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 ...