On the eve of a weather event promising to bring high winds and waters, a group of stakeholders convened in Machias to discuss strategies for mitigating storm damage and to share resources that have ...

Santa brings oranges in Lubec Just across the water, the children and residents of Lubec enjoy a different tradition. On a Saturday before Christmas, Santa is brought by firetruck down through the ...

“This is the largest increase in my tenure as chair of the county budget advisory committee," said Lewis Pinkham, who has served on the committee for 24 years. On November 21 the committee voted 5-4 ...

With the opening of the scallop season in Cobscook Bay on December 2, fishermen are seeing the highest prices ever for their catches, which have been good, and more draggers in the bay than during the ...

Dike solution delayed indefinitely The new $2 million temporary structure will span the inoperable gated culvert section of the Route 1 dike in Machias and be paid for exclusively from state funds.

Last winter a temporary bridge was installed over a portion of the Machias dike harboring a failing baffle system that for more than 100 years has regulated the flow of water between Middle River, ...

A listening session focused around the sardine industry was hosted by the Penobscot Marine Museum on November 12 at the Lubec Community Outreach Center. Those invited were any who had participated in ...