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Category Archives: Eastport ME

January 16, 2017

A Big Step for Little Eastport

Collaborations, Community Redevelopment, Downtowns, Eastport ME, Economic Life

A Big Step for Little Eastport

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by James Fallows

This past week Eastport got a much-needed dose of very good news — the announcement of an $18-million undertaking to renovate the most imposing structure in the city’s downtown. (Read it here.)

October 31, 2016

Update on the Eastport Saga

Arts, Civic Life, Eastport ME, Economic Life

Update on the Eastport Saga

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by James Fallows

An update on “the never-say-die small city of Eastport, Maine.”  (Read it here.)

September 14, 2016

The Ebbs and Flows of Coastal Maine

Civic Life, Eastport ME, Economic Life, Life on the Road

The Ebbs and Flows of Coastal Maine

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by Deborah Fallows

Quoddy Village was built ahead of its time.

(Read it here.)

September 9, 2016

Little Town, Big Art

Arts, Civic Life, Eastport ME

Little Town, Big Art

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by Deborah Fallows

“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.”

(Read it here.)

September 4, 2016

The World Comes to a Tiny Town: Eastport’s Lesson in Globalization

Eastport ME, Economic Life

The World Comes to a Tiny Town: Eastport’s Lesson in Globalization

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by James Fallows

Even the most remote-seeming corners of America can find themselves in the middle of quick-moving global trends. (Read it here.)

September 2, 2016

Eastport Update: Electric Power from the Sea

Eastport ME, Economic Life

Eastport Update: Electric Power from the Sea

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by James Fallows

An update on what’s happening in Eastport, Maine — three years after our first reporting trip there. (Read it here.)

February 27, 2014

East, West, and Points in Between

Eastport ME

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by James Fallows
Where the Pacific Ocean is east of the Atlantic  (Read it here.)

February 26, 2014

There’s a Reason They Call it ‘Eastport’

Eastport ME

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by James Fallows
East is east, and west is west, and the twain can meet — sort of. (Read it here.)

December 16, 2013

When Rails Make the Difference, From Down East to the Southwest

Eastport ME, Redlands CA, Transportation

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by John Tierney
The loss of rail service into a small Maine town has been crippling (Read it here.)

November 27, 2013

Building a Museum: Report from Down East

Arts, Eastport ME, Entrepreneurs, Local Institutions

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by John Tierney
A Maine couple defies the odds — and helps to build community in the process. (Read it here.)

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