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Lora Whelan

2025

Maine to decide on absentee voting and ‘red flag’ questions

Maine voters will consider two statewide referendum questions at the November 4 polls. Question 1 would alter the laws governing absentee voting and voter ID requirements, among other changes, and Question 2 would enact Maine's Extreme Risk Protection Order law...

2025

County budget auditor reported misstatements and deficiencies

In the March 20, 2025, report to the Washington County Commission about the recently completed 2021 county budget audit, auditor Stephen Hopkins wrote of a number of significant accounting and internal control deficiencies...

2025

County voters face $11 million bond decision

Washington County residents will have to make some tough decisions at the November 4 election polls when faced with whether to vote for a $11 million general obligation bond to bail out the county's government.

2025

Groups tackle Machias dike, flooding issues

A deep love and respect for the Machias River and the Town of Machias were on display on the evening of July 22 when over 100 people gathered to roll up their sleeves and work for the benefit of the Upper Machias Bay Master Plan.

2024

Free medical flight services ease patient access

The time consuming and costly business of receiving medical care in Boston or locations even farther from Downeast is being ameliorated by the goodwill of pilots around the country and the coordination of nonprofit organizations.

2024

Area healthcare facilities win federal funding for expansions

Three healthcare facilities in Washington County have received a total of $11.4 million in federal funding through congressionally directed spending. Eastport Health Care received a little over $5 million; the Calais Community Hospital (CCH) was awarded $1.

2024

Tidal power barrage revived in new proposal for Pembroke

The Pennamaquan River in Pembroke is once again being proposed as the site of a tidal barrage to create electric power, with a new name but with a similar design to one proposed to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by Halcyon Tidal Power and the subsidiary Pennamaquan Tidal Power...