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Lora Whelan

2017

Downeast prison fate depends on budget decisions

The fate of the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) is still in limbo. Rep. Will Tuell of East Machias explains that there are three versions of the state budget and each with its own variation of funding the Washington County-based prison.

2017

Council: no confidence in board

The Calais City Council unanimously passed a vote of "no confidence" in the board of Calais Regional Hospital (CRH) following the hospital's public announcement that it would be closing its obstetrics wing in January of 2018.

2017

Area squeezed for summer help

Washington County hospitality businesses that rely on seasonal employees from other countries that use the J-1 and/or H2B Visa program are finding that they are being squeezed hard this year. International students and employees aren't coming to the U.S.

2017

Prison embroiled in political tug-of-war

Six days after the sudden and unexpected news on May 19 from Governor Paul LePage and the Department of Corrections that the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor would be closed on June 10, the legislature appears to be set on course to reassert its role in the budget

2017

Chernobyl visit leaves lasting impression

Having visited 55 countries and with more to come, Lubec resident Roger Quirk considers his recent visit to the Chernobyl nuclear power plant site in Ukraine the most interesting trip he's ever taken.

2017

Proposed funding cuts concern libraries in area

Inter-library loan, WiFi and high-speed broadband access, the MaineInfoNet database and Maine Download Library and services for the those with disabilities or the home-bound, such as talking books, descriptive videos, large print, books-by-mail and more, are library services that are being...

2017

Tide Mill Creamery poised to expand

An April day at Tide Mill Creamery in Edmunds might involve the birth of three goat kids to an already busy goat nursery and the tinkering with an ongoing recipe experiment for cheddar cheese by cheese-maker Aaron Dunn...