Hunger is a significant problem in Washington County, and it is on the rise. Recent food insecurity reports place the county as having the least regular access to food in New England, for both ...

The idle Jonesboro biomass plant is expected to restart in February or March of the coming year, following the sale of the plant, along with six other biomass plants in Maine, New Hampshire and ...

Coastal and other Downeast property owners may be in for a surprise when their insurance is up for renewal. The winter season of high winds, storm surges and driving rain causing flying roof shingles ...

The alewife, long recognized by the Passamaquoddy people as the "fish that feeds all," is coming back to its ancestral spawning grounds in record numbers after decades of contending with obstructed ...

Because of the pandemic, Memorial Day observances are not being scheduled or are being scaled back this year, but the sacrifices of those who died in service to this country are still remembered and ...

Since the launch in November of 2023 of a sports-betting partnership with DraftKings, a digital sports entertainment company based in Boston, the Passamaquoddy Tribe has earned nearly $30 million in ...

Efforts to restore the alewife runs on the St. Croix River, which once supported one of the largest runs of alewives in the northeastern U.S. and Atlantic Canada and has the greatest production ...

The tribal government at Sipayik is proceeding with plans to move its wastewater treatment plant because of the risks posed by rising sea levels, flooding and storm surges. Several potential sites ...

A dispute over whether seniors' caps for graduation at Shead High School could be decorated with articles of cultural or religious significance escalated quickly online and was diffused just as fast ...

The food pantries of Washington County are preparing for a reduction in the amount of produce from Good Shepherd Food Bank’s deliveries as a result of cuts to the Local Food Purchase Assistance ...