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Edward French

2022

Stored Solar bankruptcy filing stirs questions

The bankruptcy filing by the company that owns an idle Jonesboro biomass plant and received millions in state subsidies, while not paying logging contractors, has some hoping that the development could lead to a restarting of the plant.

2022

Fish lift to help restore alewife run on St. Croix River

Efforts to restore the alewife runs on the St. Croix River, which once supported one of the largest runs of alewives in the northeastern U.S.

2022

Vietnam veteran relates wartime experiences to honor soldiers

Two recently published books by a Vietnam veteran who is a part-time Whiting resident relate not only his experiences but those of other veterans during the war.

2022

Private schools’ public funding raises concerns

The lack of financial accountability for so-called "private" high schools in Maine that actually receive most of their monies through public funding is troubling to some public education leaders and legislators, who point to financial abuses at private schools that have ranged from thousands of...

2022

Mills reelected as Moore, Perry, Davis and Granger win locally

Democratic Governor Janet Mills was reelected to a second term, decisively defeating former Republic Governor Paul LePage, and Congressman Jared Golden appeared to be headed to another victory over Bruce Poliquin in the November 8 midterm election in Maine.

2022

Affidavit sheds light on murder of Pembroke woman

The Robbinston woman who has been charged with the murder of Paula Johnson of Pembroke last February pled not guilty to the charge on October 19. Rebecca Moores, 42, who was arrested in July, is being held without bail at the Washington County Jail in Machias.

2022

WCCC to treat for high PFAS levels in drinking water

While many sources of public drinking water in Washington County do not yet have test results for harmful chemicals known as PFAS, one location that has been tested does have elevated levels of the so-called "forever chemicals.