2021
Ambulance service crisis hitting county
A tipping-point has been reached with the ability of ambulance services in Washington County, whether volunteer or staff-driven, to serve the public.
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2021
U.S. border poised to reopen to fully-vaccinated travellers
The United States intends to allow fully vaccinated travellers to enter the country for nonessential purposes by land and ferry from Canada and Mexico in November, says Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas.
2021
ERIC FRANCIS
ERIC FRANCIS holds up the blue lobster he caught aboard the Bug Zappah.
2021
KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE BALL
KEEPING HIS EYE ON THE BALL. Jonathan Andrews of Shead clears the ball downfield during a soccer game against Narraguagus on October 13. (Don Dunbar photo)
2021
Shuttered prison to be reborn in new work pre-release center
This area rallied in support of the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) since day one of its closure back in 2018, and I am very thankful that all of that work and perseverance is paying off after such a long and troubled road, says Maine State Rep. Will Tuell.
2021
Redistricting could weaken county’s voice
While Washington County may lose some representation in the state legislature with the new redistricting maps that were recently approved, whether the county, which lost more than 5% of its population in the past 10 years, will have less of a voice in Augusta is not yet clear.
2021
National reckoning begins in Canada
Aboriginals and "settler" Canadians need to work together on a new national narrative, says Judith Moses, deputy prolocutor of the Anglican Church of Canada and vice chair of St. Stephen's University (SSU).