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Edward French

2021

WA teacher placed on leave following social media posts

A Washington Academy (WA) history teacher is on a leave of absence and is not to have any contact with students or staff after he posted comments critical of the new equity training at the school and forwarded racist memes on social media.

2021

Businesses survive pandemic’s challenges: PPP and local support credited

Sidewalk markets, masks, pickup windows, home delivery, more masks, remote learning, essential workers, social distance, Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and "buy local" becoming a rallying mantra; these are just some of the words the year 2020 will leave behind.

2020

Schools ponder basketball safety issues: Changes slated, if games allowed

Players and parents are looking forward to the delayed high school basketball season that can begin by mid-January, but if Washington County returns to a yellow designation under the state's color-coded Health Advisory System that classifies the relative risk of COVID-19 transmission, no games...

2020

Bills address safe water, elections and scalloping

Washington County legislators are introducing bills addressing a wide range of issues in the new legislative session, from grounding the scallop fleet on bad weather days and providing safe drinking water for tribal members, to decriminalizing individual drug possession and reforming elections...

2020

Tribal chief at Sipayik recalled in close election

By a five-vote margin, Marla Dana, the Passamaquoddy chief at Sipayik, was recalled from office in a December 3 election. A recount on December 7 confirmed that the vote was 136 to 131.

2020

WA takes steps to help address alleged racism

Washington Academy (WA) in East Machias has taken a number of steps to address allegations of racism and bullying at the school in response to a petition for change that was started by a WA student of Hispanic ethnicity, Natalia Kempthorne-Curiel.

2020

Virus crosses border, as three on Campobello contract COVID-19

Three people on Campobello Island have tested positive for COVID-19, including a man who was exposed to the virus at his workplace in Maine. These are the first cases in Charlotte County, and as of November 23 other people on the island have not tested positive for the virus.