MACHIAS, Maine — Close to three dozen people attended a Thursday meeting of the Washington County: One Community organization, a 3-year-old grass-roots coalition aimed at improving life Down East. …
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CALAIS, Maine — Billy and Alicia Townsend were so excited when the hospital told them last week that he was in line for a bone marrow transplant that they forgot to ask questions.
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HARRINGTON, Maine — After nearly two hours of questions, the Regionalization Planning Committee representing 10 western Washington County towns voted Monday evening to consider another option for reorganizing their school administrations.
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By Steve Calhoun, Special to the News
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CALAIS, Maine — Voters in Calais, Eastport and Baileyville on Tuesday night handily rejected a plan to create a regional school unit serving 20 area communities.
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GRAND LAKE STREAM, Maine — Although state officials are expected to slash programs to meet targeted budget cuts, salmon at the Grand Lake Stream Fish Hatchery have been given a reprieve.
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ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick — One million dollars may seem like a lot of money, but it is a short sprint for members of the Charlotte County Civic Center Project, who already have raised more than $2.5 million for a new sports and community complex.
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CALAIS, Maine — During his tenure, he watched over the building of a new church and the creation of a cluster of churches under one priest, but now he is saying goodbye.
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CALAIS, Maine — The City Council on Thursday gave tentative approval to the closure of Blacksmith Street to help facilitate a San Francisco developer’s plans to commercially develop land he owns in that area.
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CALAIS, Maine — Six pounds of marijuana with a street value of more than $13,000 was seized by Maine Drug Enforcement agents and Calais police earlier this week.
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AUGUSTA, Maine — A state entity charged with helping to provide funds for rural broadband development projects on Thursday upheld its earlier decision to commit more than half a million dollars to a project in Washington County.
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A new study says Nova Scotia’s fishery is still reeling from past overfishing and has been left “vulnerable” to the global economic crisis as a result.
The report, …
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CALAIS, Maine — The City Council at a special meeting Monday voted to urge taxpayers to reject the school administrative reorganization plan that it says is not in the best interest of the …
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HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The owners of a barge that sank on lobster grounds off southwestern Nova Scotia in November is presenting a report that probes what should be done about the 18,000 gallons of …
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DEER ISLE, Maine — An Ellsworth woman died in a single-car crash on Reach Road on Sunday afternoon.
According to Trooper Tom Pickering of the Maine State Police, Lisa Martin, 47, of Ellsworth …
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BANGOR, Maine — A federal jury Wednesday deliberated for three hours before finding a Whiting man guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
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