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Lora Whelan

2014

One Eastport street serves as funnel for huge watershed

Residents of the Hawkes Avenue neighborhood of Eastport have been learning about watersheds and drainage in recent weeks. At the request of the city council, District Manager Nathan Pennell of Washington County Soil and Water Conservation District visited the island city...

2014

Civic center boasts ice, pool and track

The Garcelon Civic Center in St. Stephen opened in early September with a bang, as the Maritime Junior A Hockey League County Aces team held two games. Each game was reported full to capacity with spectators.

2014

Emotions run high during Pembroke tidal power meeting

Emotions ran high at the Pembroke town office on Friday, August 8, when over 70 residents and interested parties met with two representatives of Halcyon Tidal Power and the subsidiary Pennamaquan Tidal Power LLC and two representatives of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

2014

Renewable energy, efficiency demonstrated in new buildings

Three new buildings in Washington County are providing examples of energy efficiencies and heating systems that use everything from cordwood to geothermal heat to solar gain.

2014

Boat School board expands, awaits lawsuit judgment

Within a mere 75 minutes the Friends of the Boat School had garnered seven new board members, doubling the size of the board and bringing in the "fresh blood and new ideas" that long-time board member Dean Pike said was needed.

2014

School board in Robbinston looks for cuts

On the evening of August 4 the Robbinston school board struggled to come up with $67,933 in cuts to the school system budget. The board was required to do so by the town's voters at the July 28 budget referendum vote that saw townspeople uphold the budget that had been reduced.

2014

Large-scale water extraction subject of hearing in Perry

The Town of Perry has developed two ordinances that were scheduled to be the subject of a public hearing on the evening of Thursday, August 7. Both ordinances are unanimously supported by the town's selectmen.