Eastport News

Voters in Maine were supporting a $71 million transportation bond nearly 2-to-1, according to early voting results compiled by the Bangor Daily News.

Sally Jacobs, who has worked on the rails-to-trails project for the Sunrise Trail Coalition for 20 years, is the first to ride her bicycle on the Down East Sunrise Trail at Machias after a formal ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday.

Citizen opposition to bond issues often falls along these lines: the state shouldn't spend money it doesn't have, and when the money runs tight in my house, I cut my budget instead of borrowing more.

A coalition of more than 30 groups led by the Maine State Chamber of Commerce is trying to draw some attention to a ballot question that seems under the radar this year: Question 6. Question 6 asks Mainers to agree to a $71.25 million bond that reserves money for all kinds of transportation needs.

As they say: "United we stand, divided we fall." We all understand that our schools are the fabric, which brings us together as a community regardless of size.

Safe, updated roads and bridges are vital for businesses to start up and grow, transport goods, and allow employees to go to work.

LUBEC a ' The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Wednesday morning in Cobscook Bay for the missing sea urchin dragger Bottom Dasher after it was reported overdue at 10 p.m. Tuesday evening.

A Canadian Armed Forces helicopter searches the waters between Lubec and Campobello Island for three Maine fishermen who were on an urchin boat that was reported missing Tuesday evening.

In recognition of National Fire Safety and Prevention month, Eastport Elementary School students received a visit from the Eastport Fire Department earlier this month.

Canada's first liquefied natural gas terminal officially opened Thursday in this coastal community after years of opposition.

A new state program is helping Maine fishermen save money and become more energy efficient at the same time.

STOCKTON SPRINGS, Maine a 'Firefighters from surrounding communities as well as state, county and local police converged on Route 1 about a half mile east of the Route 1A intersection late Thursday where a tractor-trailer collided with a pickup truck.

BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine a ' A hiker has been rescued by a National Guard helicopter in Maine's Baxter State Park after injuring his leg.

The debate about the Nov. 3 ballota s Question 1, the effort to repeal Mainea s newly minted same-sex marriage law, will heat up in the coming weeks.

HEAD HARBOUR PASSAGE, New Brunswick, - The passengers aboard the Bandero, a whale-watching boat out of Wilson's Beach, Campobello Island, were quick to spot the first whale.

The Equinox Petroglyph Project: Interpretations by Women and Children is a response by twenty-two women artists, native and non-native, and over 30 Passamaquoddy children to those ancient images.

The streets of Eastport were filled with scalawags and pirates Saturday as the fourth annual Pirate Festival proved to be a hearty success.

Last night was the last mayoral forum before the primary. Finally. Sponsored by the Eastport Civic Association, around 150 people packed a multipurpose room at Eastport Elementary School.

EASTPORT, Maine a ' The Coast Guard has signed off on its first tidal power project, a small underwater turbine that will augment power at its station in Eastport, Maine.

AUGUSTA : While local politicians, town officials and business leaders lobby to keep funding in place for a project at Mack Point, one senator from Washington County argued this week that Eastport's economy depends on upgrades at the town's port facility.