EASTPORT NATIVE and international marathoner Robert Ashby wins the half-marathon with a new course record of 1:19:14 and is ...

A GHOST SHIP? The Channel Pearl heads through the fog past Deer Island Point on its way to the Port of Bayside on April 15.

LEADERS OF THE PACK. Taking a walk through downtown Eastport on a foggy spring day are Paula Bergeron of Good Dogma and five of the dogs she is training. (Edward French photo) ...

With municipal budgets, particularly in coastal areas of Washington County, facing increasing strain, some residents and ...

The Wabanaki nations in Maine achieved some progress during this legislative session but again were denied measures to ...

It takes a community to rebuild an ecosystem. That's the lesson discovered by a consortium of players who worked for years to ...

While two of the bills that were signed into law this month will help taxpayers in Washington County, the amount of funding ...

The board of trustees of the Maria F. Ganong Old Folks Home, better known as Lonicera Hall, plans to close the 91‑year‑old ...

The 19th no‑cost dental clinic at the Lee Pellon Event Center in Machias the week of April 13 served 690 patient visits, the ...

A KEY EMPLOYER for Irish immigrants in the area was the Pembroke Iron Works, built on the Pennamaquan River in 1828 and at one point producing 5,000 tons of iron goods a year until it burned down on ...

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 Machias Arts Council (MAC) will be opening a new community project and space this spring to both engage the membership as well as the community. The rental space located at 277 Main Street, the ...