A new tidal power project is being proposed off Eastport, but whether the developer has the technical expertise and financial backing to proceed with the proposal is not clear. Along with planning to ...

The preliminary proposal for an underwater AI data center off Eastport has been amended, and a group of residents in the city ...

Camren Mumme of Sipayik got close to his first airplane when he was about 10, and he was immediately smitten. He clearly remembers the exact moment, which occurred at the Eastport Airport ...

Washington County Commissioners have fired County Manager Renee Gray just as Washington County was tackling its latest ...

Pirates will once again roam the streets when the Eastport Pirate Festival debuts its 20th edition on the first weekend in September, bringing with it music, children's games, a formal ball and ...

THOMAS BOUCHARD (right) speaks with U.S. Senator Bill Cohen at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., in October 1983. Bouchard was part of a vigil honoring the 18 Maine men, including ...

In the March 20, 2025, report to the Washington County Commission about the recently completed 2021 county budget audit, auditor Stephen Hopkins wrote of a number of significant accounting and ...

The journey that brought Lauren Remington, an early childhood educator at St. Croix Regional Technical Center in Calais, to Washington, D.C., to receive the Travelers Award for Teaching Excellence at ...

GENERATIONS BRING JOY to the holidays with the making of wreaths. Holding up a 60-inch wreath made at Mingo’s Products in Red Beach are Artie Mingo (left) and his father, Alden. See this issue for an ...

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 ...

A robust and useful housing stock in Washington County plays many important functions for the population's economic and cultural well-being. In the county, a network of factors is blocking the path to ...