EASTPORT, Maine (WABI) - Maine has some interesting traditions when it comes to ringing in the new year. There’s the wild blueberry ball drop in Kennebunk. The beach ball drop in downtown Bangor. But ...

Elaine Abbott, city manager for Eastport, got word that Google's “street view” images showed a view of the downtown that was dotted with empty stores and “for rent” signs. Worse, Google had last made ...

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Let’s let the Mainers speak for themselves! I’ve tried and tried to describe what Maine-talk sounds like, but I can’t even get close. When I emailed an old friend who grew up in Bangor about the ...

An Eastport group has been working for years to bring back the Boat School, a marine trades vocational education facility located at the Maine Marine Technology Center. A recent U.S. Environmental ...

“The arts” might seem a frill or nicety. In Eastport, Maine, they’ve been at the center of economic and civic plans and have helped the little city “punch above its weight.” Undertow by Anna Hepler at ...

Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal and Jim Fallows of The Atlantic take a look at how the city and residents of Eastport, Maine, are changing the economy — and how the economis changing them. First stop on ...

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EASTPORT, Maine (WABI) - On Monday, Peter Harris was fired as Chief of Police in Eastport. He says he was told it was because he hired an officer without the permission of Eastport City Manager, ...

On a sunny day in 2010, a boat full of dignitaries watched as Ocean Renewable Power Co.’s team lowered a tidal turbine into the waters near Eastport. “Gov. Baldacci, Congressman Michaud, Capt.

EASTPORT, Maine — A Russian vessel carrying 8,000 tons of a petroleum-derived product was denied a request to dock at the easternmost tip of the U.S. The ship’s operator asked on March 3 to dock in ...