SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING FOR SAFETY. Six area fishermen are linked together as they paddle in their immersion suits before getting in a liferaft during a safety training held at the Eastport breakwater ...

Memorial Day, which sets aside a time to remember those who have died while serving their country in the armed forces, at first was called Decoration Day to honor those killed during the Civil War.

The May 13 meeting of the Eastport City Council was a lively and sometimes contentious affair, with a capacity crowd and an agenda featuring a couple of controversial topics – the proposed underwater ...

Maine voters will face a crowded field of candidates in some of the June primary contests on Tuesday, June 9, and voters in Washington County will decide three contested Republican races. Under ...

Passamaquoddy language revitalization efforts are being boosted through a recent federal grant, work by a nonprofit now based at Sipayik and the launching of a new language center at the former ...

Benson Seafood celebrated the opening of their new lobster processing facility on Thoroughfare Road, Grand Manan, with an open house on Friday, May 15, drawing a big crowd for a ribbon‑cutting and ...

HOLDING DISTRESS FLARES are Stephen Calder of Perry and other fishermen during safety training for fishermen held at the Eastport breakwater on May 18. The training was provided by Fishing Partnership ...

EASTPORT NATIVE and international marathoner Robert Ashby wins the half-marathon with a new course record of 1:19:14 and is led to the finish on bike by Maine Running Hall of Fame member Deke Talbot.

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 ...

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 CROWD watches as the sardine drops at midnight to celebrate the new year, during the Tides Institute & Museum of Art's Great Sardine and Maple Leaf New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Eastport.