After 15 years, the alewife harvest has returned to the Pennamaquan River in Pembroke. The resumption of the harvest has been hailed by town officials and biologists alike as a welcome return and a ...

Tractors stand at the ready along rolling wild blueberry barrens Downeast, where fields of naked stems offer no hint of the glorious techno color display to come. By late spring, roughly 47,000 acres ...

The tribal government at Sipayik is proceeding with plans to move its wastewater treatment plant because of the risks posed by rising sea levels, flooding and storm surges. Several potential sites ...

Fatal overdoses in Washington County have dropped by approximately 40% over the past two years, signifying a turning point in the battle against synthetic opioids even as new concoctions are entering ...

The Passamaquoddy Tribal Council at Sipayik decided at an April 22 meeting to terminate the employment of Vice Chief Ernest Neptune because of allegations of sexual harassment. The tribal council does ...

The U.S. Coast Guard's proposal to discontinue 154 navigational buoys in Maine, with 12 in the Quoddy area, including all of the buoys in the Lubec Channel, is being opposed by some local mariners, ...

The Sipayik Community Clam Garden -- a project that began in 2022 in Half Moon Cove and has since become the largest soft-shell clam garden in the world -- is nearing its first harvest, according to ...

More than 30 people offered testimony in support of legislation directing the Maine Department of Transportation (MDOT) to extend the Down East Sunrise Trail from Pembroke into Calais. The 12.2-mile ...

The food pantries of Washington County are preparing for a reduction in the amount of produce from Good Shepherd Food Bank’s deliveries as a result of cuts to the Local Food Purchase Assistance ...

With approximately 55,000 cruise ship passengers expected in Eastport in 2025 -- up from 7,000 the previous year -- concerns are being raised related to discharges from the ships and how they may ...

Since the launch in November of 2023 of a sports-betting partnership with DraftKings, a digital sports entertainment company based in Boston, the Passamaquoddy Tribe has earned nearly $30 million in ...

The presence of a high level of radon in some older homes at Sipayik is being addressed with the award of $1 million to the Pleasant Point Housing Authority (PPHA) for mold and radon removal through ...