Articles by Diana Graettinger
Eastport plans celebration for Fourth of July
Organizers are planning a celebration for this year’s Fourth of July and Old Home Week.
The U.S. Coast Guard’s 110-foot Jefferson Island Class patrol boat will be in port, …
Rebuilding Fort Sullivan
EASTPORT | The former powder house in what was once a British-held fort has seen a lot of years since it was built in the 1800s, and today it is just a shell of itself.
Uncertainty marks Domtar startup
BAILEYVILLE | The rumble of machinery was coming from the pulp mill early Wednesday morning as boiler stacks billowed and workers, some smiling, headed into the plant after a layoff of more …
Calais gears up for bicentennial celebration
The city turns 200 this year and a bang-up birthday party has been planned.
Boy rides bike into side of pickup in Eastport
A 15-year-old boy riding a bicycle was injured Sunday after he apparently ran through a stop sign and smashed into the side of a pickup truck.
The incident happened around 1 …
Coast Guard uses Facebook to close a case
DENNYSVILLE | Coast Guard Sector Northern New England early Sunday morning was ready to launch a search for a missing fisherman out of Cobscook Bay State Park, when the Facebook Web site …
$350,000 to help restore Machiasport landmark
A $350,000 Community Development Block Grant means that the $1.1 million restoration of the town’s historic Liberty Hall can move forward.
Cow moose collides with Shead High team bus
TOWNSHIP 31 | The Shead High School boys baseball team received a jolt late Tuesday night when the bus they were riding in was struck by an inattentive moose.
Princeton woman, 77, escorts armed intruder from home at gunpoint
PORTLAND | Some parents are calling for a review of commencement policies after disruptions marred the traditional pomp and circumstance at Bonny Eagle High School’s graduation.
Woman charged with theft of $30,000
MACHIAS | A 46-year-old Lubec woman allegedly has stolen nearly $30,000 from an East Machias gasoline station and convenience store, Sheriff Donnie Smith said Wednesday.
Domtar to restart pulp mill
BAILEYVILLE | Domtar Corp. is reopening its pulp mill in eastern Maine this month just seven weeks after shutting it down indefinitely because of weak global demand for pulp, high inventory levels …
Whiting investigation yields marijuana cultivation charge
Maine Drug Enforcement agents assigned to the Down East District Task Force following a tip found about 50 marijuana plants growing in a wooded area last month and arrested a Lubec man on charges of cultivating the plants.
Machias voters fill municipal positions
Danny Manchester and Glenn Davis walked away with the two seats on the Board of Selectmen that were up for grabs in the town’s municipal election Tuesday.
Arrests made in Washington County burglaries
MACHIAS | Inside information and good police work helped the Washington County Sheriff’s Department and other police agencies crack several burglary and theft cases that stretched from Lubec to Machias, Sheriff Donnie Smith said Wednesday.
Millinocket’s former logging restaurant transforms into a book and wine bar
BIW-built USS John McCain arrives in Singapore after collision; 10 sailors missing
How Maine could reap far more from the craft beer craze
Truck crashes into house after driver falls asleep at the wheel