Quoddy Tides
WEBContact. Tel. (207) 853-4806 Fax 853-4095. September 13, 2024. BRAILING MACKEREL into barrels from a stop seine near Shackford’s Cove, Eastport, on September 4 are crews from Miss Meliss Enterprise, owned by Earl Small, and the purse seiner Burton G., run by Darren Turner. The shut-off yielded 19 barrels of fish that were sold for lobster bait.
Quoddy Tides
WEBWith would be pirates about to descend on Eastport, the knots of fiction versus fact can be hard to untangle. There is a rich and documented history of smuggling around Passamaquoddy Bay, but real life pirates visiting the region are still a matter of stories of buried treasure, like that from Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island.The treasure is said to be buried deep somewhere along the ...
Search continues off Lubec for missing paddleboarder - Quoddy …
WEBSearch groups have continued looking for a paddleboarder in the waters off West Quoddy Head in Lubec for more than two weeks without success. Harold Dean Jackson III, known as Dean, of Asheville, N.C., was last seen the night of July 3, although he was not reported missing until July 6. The U.S. Coast Guard received a call that day from the ...
Community mourns loss of Machias town manager
WEB5 days ago · On Monday, September 9, Machias Town Manager Bill Kitchen died unexpectedly, leaving a sudden and significant void in the greater community. His loss has been felt by all who knew and worked with him. Kitchen served as the town manager since May of 2021, prior to which he was a selectman and a marketing manager through his business, KitchenSync ...
Timeframe, flooding questions arise after dike plan changes
WEBFollowing the November 7 announcements by the Maine Department of Transportation (DOT) that it was immediately closing part of the Machias dike in preparation of replacing the failing structure and that it was pivoting from a bridge as its preferred replacement option to a dike with fully gated culverts, questions have arisen for Machias residents.
Comments sought on proposed ATV trail near Moosehorn refuge
WEB5 days ago · There will be a Zoom meeting on the proposal on Tuesday, September 17, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. and an in person meeting at the YCC building at the Moosehorn on Wednesday, September 25, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.; the public is welcome to attend either meeting to make comments. To submit comments online, visit the aforementioned website or email Nathan ...
Storm delivers hurricane force winds, outages and damage
WEBby Lora Whelan. In the aftermath of the hurricane force wind and rain storm on Monday, December 19, Governor Janet Mills declared a state of civil emergency for 14 Maine counties, including Washington County, with hundreds of thousands of people without power and significant flooding and infrastructure damage, including to the state's federal ...
Tribal gaming on front-burner with sports betting taking off
WEBTribal gaming is back on the front-burner in Maine, with the four tribes having partnered with sports betting operators late last year and already raking in significant revenues. Through its partnership with DraftKings, the Passamaquoddy Tribe could earn $25 million or more a year, based on projections from the revenue during the first two months.
Princess cruise ship passengers enchanted by hospitality of city
WEB5 days ago · Eastport proved to be a winning suitor for the Enchanted Princess cruise ship, following a sun-kissed rendezvous of shop owners and residents with the guests from the Love Boat-themed cruise who filled the downtown on September 3. The largest cruise ship to visit Eastport, at 1,082 feet, with nearly 3,500 passengers and over 1,360 crew members, was anchored off the breakwater throughout the ...
Proposed county budget calls for unprecedented 20% increase
WEBThe proposed Washington County budget calls for an unprecedented hike of almost 20%, with the amount to be raised through taxation of the county's municipalities at $8.68 million, a little less than $1.5 million over the previous year's amount and over $2 million more than the county's 2020 budget.
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