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The newspaper is owned by Edward French and his siblings. As of 2016 it had six full time staff as well as free lance correspondents in the communities covered, for a total of about 30 contributors. The area covered includes "Eastport, Pleasant Point, Perry, Pembroke, Robbinston, Charlotte,
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Machias." The newspaper, which has a biweekly dateline, is printed each 2nd and 4th Friday each month and is available on newsstands throughout the
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