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HERE GOES THE SUN! Third through eighth grade students at the Eastport
Elementary School were among the thousands in Maine who wore protective
eyeglasses and watched the total solar eclipse on April 8. The students
gathered on the first warm day of spring on the cliffs overlooking the
Battery Field. See this issue for more photos and an article on the
solar eclipse. (Edward French photo)
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HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU, KID! Lambs were born on Sunday, March 31, at
Shofar Farms in Perry, including Blossom’s twins, a boy and girl named
Lad and Lady. (Josiah Guiltner photo)
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Front Page Stories |
Local shipping safety measures eyed after Key bridge disaster |
| by Edward French |
The risks associated with ships or tankers traveling through Head Harbour Passage were hotly debated during the days of the Pittston oil refinery plan for Eastport and the LNG proposals for Passamaquoddy Bay. With the March 26 collapse of Baltimore's Francis Scott Key bridge after being hit by a container ship, the safety precautions taken to avoid a similar disaster in the Quoddy region are being reexamined. Those measures include the use of licensed harbor pilots, tugboat escort requirements and the setting of parameters for when it is safe to bring a ship through the strong currents and some narrow sections of Head Harbour Passage and Western Passage.
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| Tidal power barrage revived in new proposal for Pembroke |
| by Lora Whelan |
The Pennamaquan River in Pembroke is once again being proposed as the site of a tidal barrage to create electric power, with a new name but with a similar design to one proposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by Halcyon Tidal Power and the subsidiary Pennamaquan Tidal Power LLC and debated from 2010 to 2016. The new company, Pembroke Tidal Power Project LLC, is under the umbrella of Nestar Energy, with Ramez Atiya as the chief technical officer. Atiya was involved in the previous project as the chairman of Halcyon Tidal Power, which developed the patented pile supported barrage structure through Halcyon Marine Hydroelectric.
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| WCCC aims to meet need for EMS staff, nurses
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| by Lura Jackson |
Washington County is facing a critical shortage of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel and nurses, causing ambulance services to run understaffed and hospitals to rely on high cost traveling nurses. To remedy that mounting problem, Washington County Community College (WCCC) has launched two programs that will allow EMS workers and registered nurses to complete all of their credentials locally.
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| Calais apartments being renovated for senior housing
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| by Lura Jackson |
Following its closure eight years ago, the St. Croix Apartments building in Calais is being reinvigorated with new life. The rapid developments now taking place at the 26 unit complex have been prompted by an infusion of federal funds for the project, putting it on track for reopening within two years -- or possibly sooner. |
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| Lubec Movie Queen gives rare glimpse into history of town |
| by Lura Jackson |
In the 1930s, nearly everyone in America was going to the movie theaters on a weekly basis -- but it was rare for those films to feature small-town residents or settings. That wasn't the case for the Movie Queen films, a series of short movies produced by the Boston based Amateur Theatre Guild. One such surviving film -- Lubec Movie Queen -- offers a rare glimpse into the community in 1936.
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