LITTLE MERMAIDS march in the parade with cardboard fish they made during the Eastport Mermaid Festival on August 2. See this ...

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 ...

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 ...

University of Maine at Machias (UMM) Professor of Art and Book Arts Bernie Vinzani had never taken a sabbatical in all his years of teaching.

It looks as though about $250,000 from Washington County's undesignated fund balance could be used to reduce the amount of the proposed hike in the fiscal year 2018-2019 budget, meaning a possible ...

The decades-long debate over federal licensing of Woodland Pulp's storage dams on the St. Croix River has gained greater local interest with the filing of legislation by Congressman Bruce Poliquin to ...

The race for Maine's next governor has garnered much of the attention in recent weeks, but local races for seats in the Maine House of Representatives and Senate and for district attorney and county ...

The time consuming and costly business of receiving medical care in Boston or locations even farther from Downeast is being ameliorated by the goodwill of pilots around the country and the ...

While the race for the next U.S. president has generated much attention on the national political scene, and the contest for a new U.S. senator to replace Olympia Snowe has drawn much of the publicity ...

The similarity of candidates' names in Grand Manan's mayoral race has led, inevitably, to comments about "shades of green" and reminders to voters to read their ballots carefully.

Bills being submitted by area legislators, to be considered during the coming months by the 123rd Maine Legislature, address the new setback requirements for shorebird habitat, education funding and ...

An amendment to a $150 million bond package, which sought to unravel the vote of the Maine Legislature's Appropriations Committee to include $5.75 million in bond funding for the ports of Eastport and ...