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PublishedApril 11, 2023
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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PublishedJune 13, 2022
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.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2022
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.
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PublishedMarch 8, 2022
Brunswick rocket company scrubs plan for Jonesport launch site, eyes Florida
'Jonesport presented many unforeseen challenges, particularly when it came to the flow of accurate information,' bluShift Aerospace CEO Sascha Deri said.
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PublishedFebruary 8, 2022
Jonesport may decide fate of Brunswick rocket company’s proposed launch site by May
After enacting a six-month ban on commercial rocket use in December, Jonesport is now working to arrive at a final decision on whether to permit bluShift Aerospace’s roughly $2 million launch site proposal.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2022
A model railroad full of Down East history is heading down the tracks to southern Maine
Harold and Helen Beal of Jonesport spent 20 years building their Down East diorama and welcomed visitors to come see it for free. Soon it will head to a new home at the Seashore Trolley Museum in Kennebunkport.
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PublishedOctober 21, 2021
Transgender woman from Maine files discrimination complaint against assisted living facility
The claim says Sunrise Assisted Living in Jonesport denied her a place to live because she wanted to share a room with another female resident; Sunrise denies the allegation.
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PublishedNovember 6, 2020
Watch video: Explosive end to an old Maine bridge
The bridge footings of the old Beals Island Bridge are turned to rubble in a flash, and bang.
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PublishedMay 22, 2020
No indication of any crime in death of man in Jonesport
Remains found by searchers are believed to be those of a man who had been missing since last summer.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
UMaine teams up with Dutch aquaculture firm to stock a land-based farm
The university and Kingfish Zeeland sign a collaborative agreement related to a planned $110 million fish farm in Jonesport.
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