READY TO TAKE FLIGHT ON A SPRING DAY. This 12-foot painting on lightweight fabric was one of two Kite Works made by artist David Andree of Arkansas that he flew at Cony Park in Eastport on April 29.

HARNESS RACING was popular at the fall fairs held at the Calais racetrack, which boasted a grandstand. (Photo courtesy of ...

Area residents and local healthcare providers are raising concerns about the future of Calais Community Hospital, with nearly a dozen staff, with all but two being medical providers, leaving in about ...

A lack of communication appears to have caused a dustup at the Eastport Municipal Airport, as the owners of airplane hangars ...

People past a certain age tell a story about Hazen Ashley, who ran a barber shop in St. Stephen. He had a customer in the ...

In the March 20, 2025, report to the Washington County Commission about the recently completed 2021 county budget audit, auditor Stephen Hopkins wrote of a number of significant accounting and ...

The Wabanaki nations in Maine achieved some progress during this legislative session but again were denied measures to broadly expand tribal rights. Governor Janet Mills has opposed tribal sovereignty ...

The journey that brought Lauren Remington, an early childhood educator at St. Croix Regional Technical Center in Calais, to Washington, D.C., to receive the Travelers Award for Teaching Excellence at ...

A CROWD watches as the sardine drops at midnight to celebrate the new year, during the Tides Institute & Museum of Art's Great Sardine and Maple Leaf New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Eastport.

The federally funded Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in northern Maine is facing a perfect storm of challenges this year, including the unexpected combining of two social services ...

IN A RED SEA OF CRANBERRIES are Donovan Palmer Jr., Branden Williams and David Davis at Mingo’s cranberry bogs in Red Beach. The harvest will be continuing for another week, and visitors are welcome ...