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Eastport News
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- Down East Port Sets Record
The Eastport Port Authority says it's set another record for tonnage handled at the Down East facility.
- Giant Copper Sardine and Maple Leaf Help Eastport Celebrate New Years Eve
Sculptor, Bill Schaefer holds the sardine he created for the New Year's Eve Great Sardine Drop in Eastport, Maine.
- PHOTO: Salmon farms save Maine industry
Brian Wheeler, hatchery manager for Cooke Aquaculture, examines 6-month-old Atlantic salmon parr at a hatchery in Bingham, Maine.
- Mainer Goes Missing While Digging For Periwinkles
The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol are searching for a man who went missing Tuesday evening while digging for periwinkles near Eastport, Maine.
- Young is hired as CEO/assessor
Selectmen voted unanimously Monday to hire Carl Young, the current town manager of Orrington, as tax assessor and code enforcement officer .
- Down East airport plan narrows to two sites:
"Many years back now, my husband and I had to fight tooth and nail with the school district for our " Special Needs Parents "I am so sorry for the family - what a brutal murder.
- Tidal energy project delayed
Tidal energy project delayed Delay caused by powerful Fundy currents that destroyed expensive equipment By JUDY MYRDEN Business Reporter Thu.
- Santa's Helper Fund
Things are even less festive for families where jobs have been lost or chronic underemployment have made it difficult to pay the everyday bills.
- 2 injured in head-on Robbinston collision
The Washington County Sheriff's Department is investigating. ROBBINSTON, Maine - Two people were injured Wednesday in a two-car, head-on collision on Route 1. At 2:50 p.m. the Washington County Sheriff's ...
- From Bad To Worse To Grateful
It's been a while since I've had a chance to write about the doings in Downeast Maine, but this time of year is busy.
- Washington County students gather in Eastport for a lesson in justice
The justices ended their weeklong tour of five Maine schools with the visit to Eastport.
- Order in the court at Bangor High
Order in the court at Bangor High Justices give students taste of law in action Chief Justice Leigh I. Saufley, left, Justice Andrew Meade, center, and Justice Robert Clifford, right, meet with other Maine ...
- Eastport councilor dies of leukemia at 28
Eastport councilor dies of leukemia at 28 EASTPORT, Maine - There was a sense of loss here Monday as word spread that one of the city's brightest and youngest leaders died over the weekend.
- Its All About The Power
Four companies, all related to generating or transmitting electricity, are now wooing Wiscasset for the privilege of locating here.
- Maine high court to bring justice to high schools :
Maine high court to bring justice to high schools Photo courtesy of State of Maine Government website Members of The Maine Supreme Judicial Court Hon.
- FERC dismisses Quoddy Bay LNG application
FERC dismisses Quoddy Bay LNG application The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has dismissed an application by Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LNG to build a liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline in Perry.
- Down East official told to pay back $7,500
Down East official told to pay back $7,500 CHARLOTTE, Maine - The former chairman of the Washington County Emergency Medical Services Authority has been ordered to pay back $7,500 in "overpayments," authority ...
- Best Leaf-Peeping Along Coast And Southern Sections Of Maine
The best leaf-peeping in Maine in the coming week will be along the coast and the southern part of the state.
- Nasty in New England
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Eastport Classifieds
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City DescriptionEastport is a small city—-consisting entirely of islands—-in Washington County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,640 at the 2000 census. The principal island is Moose Island, which is connected to the mainland by causeway. Eastport is the easternmost city in the continental United States (although nearby Lubec is the easternmost municipality).
Fishermen and traders visited the area in the 1600s. Moose Island was first settled in 1772 by James Cochrane of Newburyport, Massachusetts, who would be joined by other fishermen from Newburyport and Portsmouth, New Hampshire. On February 24, 1798, Eastport was incorporated as a town from Plantation Number 8 PS by the Massachusetts General Court, and named for being the easternmost port in the United States. Lubec, on the mainland, was set off and incorporated as a town on June 21, 1811.
From 1807 to 1809, the town was a center of extensive 2-way smuggling during the Embargo Act imposed by President Thomas Jefferson. In 1809, Fort Sullivan was erected atop a village hill, but it was captured by a British fleet under command of Sir Thomas Hardy on July 11, 1814 during the War of 1812. England claimed that Moose Island was on the ... Read MoreCity Contained By:Timezones:- North American Eastern Time Zone
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