The project was first brought to the community in 2019 and has faced strong opposition from environmental groups in the years since.
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Lobstermen see controversial fishing gear in action for the first time
In Jonesport, the lobstermen were skeptical. But organizers don’t want an endorsement, they just want lobstermen to see the gear for themselves.
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Home Plates: Home is where the palate is
Food memories often anchor our picture of home. For cook Elaine Alley of Jonesport, and perhaps her son, that means brisket.
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Lobsterman discovers body in ocean off Addison
A Jonesport lobsterman on Monday spotted the body about 7 miles from where Tylar Michaud, 18, disappeared last month.
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Aquaculture development on Down East coast hits a roadblock
A group of business owners and residents is challenging the Jonesport Planning Board’s decision to allow a $110 million facility that would cultivate yellowtail kingfish.
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Questions still linger for family of now-identified ‘Jonesport John Doe’
Philip Kahn’s loved ones in Las Vegas spent more than two decades wondering what happened to the retired cab driver. This month, they learned that his body had been found in Maine within weeks of his July 2000 disappearance.
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Transgender woman and assisted living home that rejected her reach settlement
Adult Family Care Homes of Maine agreed to adopt a comprehensive transgender nondiscrimination policy at all 9 of its facilities, including Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport, which declined to accept Marie King in 2021.
Posted inTimes Record
Governor signs bill to boost Maine’s aerospace industry
‘The Maine Space Consortium will bring together business, research and state leaders, to help ensure Maine continues to be at the forefront of this industry,’ State Sen. Mattie Daughtry said in a statement.
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Kennebunkport’s trolley museum receives $1 million donation
The anonymous gift will allow the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport to replace an aging building that houses trolley cars.
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Commission: Assisted living home discriminated against transgender woman
The Maine Human Rights Commission voted 3-2 to find that Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport discriminated against a transgender woman who was seeking housing last year.