The Quoddy Tides

25/08/2025

Pirates will once again roam the streets when the Eastport Pirate Festival debuts its 20th edition on the first weekend in September, bringing with it music, children's games, a formal ball and general shenanigans.

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Pirates will once again roam the streets when the Eastport Pirate Festival debuts its 20th edition on the first weekend in September, bringing with it music, children's games, a formal ball and general shenanigans.

25/08/2025

Salmon and seafood take center stage on Eastport dinner plates as a special culinary festival celebrates the bounty of the ocean off the Downeast coast on Labor Day weekend. This year, the 37th year the city hosts the Eastport Salmon and Seafood Festival, features an expanded repertoire of regional foods. In addition to the crab rolls and grilled salmon traditionally offered, festival organizers also plan to plate up freshly shucked Maine oysters, Maine wild blueberry cake and Maine smoked salmon.

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Salmon and seafood take center stage on Eastport dinner plates as a special culinary festival celebrates the bounty of the ocean off the Downeast coast on Labor Day weekend.

25/08/2025

Calais Mayor Marcia Rogers says that she and her friends will continue to cross the St. Croix River to St. Stephen – to eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken, Tim Horton's, Burger King or Pizza Delight, if for no other reason. She visits her horse living on a farm at Oak Hill and takes her grandchildren swimming at the Garcelon Civic Center.

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Calais Mayor Marcia Rogers says that she and her friends will continue to cross the St. Croix River to St. Stephen – to eat at Kentucky Fried Chicken, Tim Horton's, Burger King or Pizza Delight, if for no other reason.

25/08/2025

The Village of Grand Manan announced on August 12 that it was activating Level 1 of its Emergency Measures Plan in response to the dry conditions and fire risk. Level 1 is a precautionary measure that involves "enhanced monitoring of conditions and increased readiness."

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The Village of Grand Manan announced on August 12 that it was activating Level 1 of its Emergency Measures Plan in response to the dry conditions and fire risk. Level 1 is a precautionary measure that involves "enhanced monitoring of conditions and increased readiness."

25/08/2025

Electricity is flowing through the lines from 30 giant wind turbines surrounding Columbia, and soon the promised money from project operation will flow as well to local governments in Washington County.

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Electricity is flowing through the lines from 30 giant wind turbines surrounding Columbia, and soon the promised money from project operation will flow as well to local governments in Washington County.

25/08/2025

While Lubec residents earlier this month narrowly adopted a local aquaculture ordinance in response to two salmon farm lease renewal requests, whether the ordinance will be legally binding and whether the town has the capacity to administer it are questions that have not yet been determined. Voters approved the ordinance 94 to 81 at the August 6 annual town meeting that drew a large crowd. The close vote may be partly reflective of changing demographics in the Quoddy area, which for decades has been fairly accepting of fish farming.

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While Lubec residents earlier this month narrowly adopted a local aquaculture ordinance in response to two salmon farm lease renewal requests, whether the ordinance will be legally binding and whether the town has the capacity to administer it are questions that have not yet been determined.

15/08/2025

The Quoddy Tides has employment opportunities:

Ad rep -- part-time position requires customer service and computer skills, the ability to be self-motivated and stay organized.

Bookkeeper -- part-time, 10-15 hours per week. Bookkeeping skills using Quickbooks or similar program necessary.

Apply to Edward French, editor, at or call 207 853-4806.

11/08/2025

Grand Manan will be in the spotlight on a future episode of the CBC comedy series "Still Standing," whose team wrapped up a week of filming on the island with a live show recorded on Tuesday evening, July 29, at the arena. A big crowd that required extra rows of chairs to be set up turned out to see host Jonny Harris and some colleagues talk about their experiences of island culture.

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Grand Manan will be in the spotlight on a future episode of the CBC comedy series "Still Standing," whose team wrapped up a week of filming on the island with a live show recorded on Tuesday evening, July 29, at the arena.

11/08/2025

Filled with thrills and spills, Jaws opened 50 years ago in cinemas, changing the world's view of sharks and instilling a fear in people of going swimming in the ocean. The movie had a significant negative impact on the public perception of sharks and on their population, as shark killing soared globally. However, over time the movie also led to shark conservation efforts and to a greater understanding of the role they play in the marine environment.

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Filled with thrills and spills, Jaws opened 50 years ago in cinemas, changing the world's view of sharks and instilling a fear in people of going swimming in the ocean.

11/08/2025

With great white sharks being increasingly in the news along the East Coast, the Quoddy region is contributing to the uptick with the first Passamaquoddy White Shark Week, a volunteer survey of the waters to observe large sharks in the area. The survey is part of an effort to see whether white sharks are mating and breeding in the Passamaquoddy Bay region. Observing such behavior has long been considered by some as the "holy grail" of white shark ecological research.

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With great white sharks being increasingly in the news along the East Coast, the Quoddy region is contributing to the uptick with the first Passamaquoddy White Shark Week, a volunteer survey of the waters to observe large sharks in the area.

11/08/2025

Plans for a new health center in Eastport are still moving forward, although they have been delayed, in part because of funding issues caused by federal Medicaid cuts. The proposal to relocate Eastport Health Care (EHC) from its current Boynton Street facility to a new site at the corner of Key Street and County Road had been announced in February 2024, with the possibility of the new building being completed this year. The health center purchased the 2.8-acre vacant lot that adjoins the R&M IGA parking lot in January of that year. EHC had decided to make the move because of space restrictions at its current location and an increasing patient need. The new facility could be more than double the size of the present health center.

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Plans for a new health center in Eastport are still moving forward, although they have been delayed, in part because of funding issues caused by federal Medicaid cuts.

11/08/2025

During a four-hour town meeting on August 6 that drew 233 voters, Lubec residents decisively turned down a proposed land use ordinance while narrowly adopting a local aquaculture ordinance. They also adopted updates to the town's Shoreland Zoning Ordinance. The votes to decide on the three ordinances drew the large crowd, with last year's town meeting only attracting 48 voters.

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During a four-hour town meeting on August 6 that drew 233 voters, Lubec residents decisively turned down a proposed land use ordinance while narrowly adopting a local aquaculture ordinance.