2007
Overcrowding, poor condition stress county jail
The Washington County Jail in Machias is old, in bad shape and chronically overcrowded, according to the sheriff and the jail administrator.
Chessie Johnson
2007
Campobello rescue team cuts line from snared right whale
Not all of the summer visitors to the area have headed home. Seventy eight right whales, and a number of smaller whales, are still in the Bay of Fundy, according to Laurie Murison of the Grand Manan Whale and Seabird Research Station.
2007
Machias weighs school options
A small crowd attended state Education Commissioner Susan Gendron's presentation at the Rose M. Gaffney School on Monday, September 10, on the proposed new Machias high school or a regional high school for the western portion of the county.
2007
Sheriff's department baffled by 70 missing guns
Washington County Sheriff Donnie Smith reports that 70 guns are missing from the department's evidence locker. More than two dozen of the missing weapons are handguns.
2007
Lubec voters narrowly approve zoning change for new housing
A special town meeting in Lubec on Wednesday, April 25 drew an overflow crowd of over 200 voters to the municipal building to consider three articles related to zoning and planning.
2007
Lubec shaken by President’s Day fires
An early morning fire, whipped by gale force winds and punctuated by a large explosion, destroyed two homes and threatened others in Lubec's downtown area on President's Day.
2007
School plan draws derision from educators
Local school, regional scam, Whiting resident Reinald Neilsen's take on the governor's proposal to regionalize school administration, seemed to sum up the mood of an overflow crowd at the Elm Street School in East Machias.