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 ...

The pending closure of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) office in Calais was the primary topic discussed at a city council meeting held on August 11. The decision to close the office ...

Plans for a new health center in Eastport are still moving forward, although they have been delayed, in part because of ...

During a four-hour town meeting on August 6 that drew 233 voters, Lubec residents decisively turned down a proposed land use ...

The just released proposal by the Maine Department of Corrections (DOC) to restructure the state's county jail system did not come out of the blue, but nonetheless Washington County Commission Chair ...

Bills submitted by Washington County legislators would reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, restore the state's revenue sharing to municipalities to 5%, help fight the ...

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 ...

There weren't many contested races in the June 10 primary election in Washington County, but some new faces will be in the running for seats in the U.S. Congress and Maine House of Representatives and ...

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Maine voters will face six referendum questions on the November 8 ballot, with issues ranging from background checks for gun sales, the legalization of marijuana and a new funding proposal for schools ...

Three bills sponsored by Rep. Lawrence Lockman of Amherst about immigration and the intersection of local and federal law enforcement were rolled into one public hearing held by the legislature's ...

Eastport City Councillor Scott Emery threatened Councillor Hailley Bradbury that he would put a Confederate flag back on his boat, located in the Eastport breakwater's inner basin, if she didn't stop ...