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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Most Washington County residents likely consider the county budget as a fiscal matter under the control of the county commissioners. And until LD 2080, An Act to Better Coordinate and Reduce the Cost ...

As "Taps" played at the Balsam Valley Chapel in Jonesboro on February 11 to honor the four chaplains, Rodney Sienkiewicz saluted. His father Henry had been a civilian contractor aboard the USAT ...

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The pending closure of the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) office in Calais was the primary topic discussed at a city council meeting held on August 11. The decision to close the office ...

Bills submitted by Washington County legislators would reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, restore the state's revenue sharing to municipalities to 5%, help fight the ...

The impact of climate change on coastal communities may seem like an unknown quantity for some day in the future, but ask emergency management and public safety personnel or others involved in ...

There weren't many contested races in the June 10 primary election in Washington County, but some new faces will be in the running for seats in the U.S. Congress and Maine House of Representatives and ...

An 11th hour accusation by George Bunker, a candidate for Washington County sheriff, that according to department policy a deputy must resign from his job to run for sheriff, has created new turmoil ...

Three bills sponsored by Rep. Lawrence Lockman of Amherst about immigration and the intersection of local and federal law enforcement were rolled into one public hearing held by the legislature's ...