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Gail Menzel

2008

Composting, power generation presented as options for trash

Directors of the Marion Transfer Station (MTS) at their meeting of May 13 heard presentations from Nancy Oden and Normand Laberge, local proponents for two different approaches to trash disposal.

2008

Three towns reject plan to merge services

In separate votes, the towns of Pembroke, Perry and Charlotte all rejected a proposal to join together in the delivery and housing of certain municipal services.

2007

Alexander artist's work graces Christmas tree at White House

Artist John Foley can boast that his work hangs in the White House. True, it's only there for the holiday season, it hangs from a Christmas tree, and the painter's canvas is a six inch plastic ball...

2007

Landfill officials make effort to quell commissioners' concerns

Eight directors of the Marion Transfer Station (MTS), manager Milan Jamieson, and general counsel for MTS, Dennis Mahar, met with Washington County Commissioners immediately after their regular meeting of November 1.

2007

Dark tales cast shadow on home

An old house on Leighton Point Road in Pembroke, at the corner of the middle crossroad, is dark and brooding. Perhaps that's so because of the "witch's hat" dormers, common enough in eastern Maine but which to eyes from away seem vaguely sinister.

2007

Prison options considered by county, state

"A perfect storm of opportunity," Chris Gardner, chairman of the Washington County commissioners, called the simultaneous needs both the county and the state have for new lockup facilities in Washington County.

2007

Conservation efforts bear fruit in lakes region

In only six years since it was established in 2001, the Downeast Lakes Land Trust (DLLT) has acquired some 27,000 acres of undeveloped lake region land in Washington County, participated in partnerships that acquired conservation easements on more than 312,000 additional acres, and conducted a...