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2018

Service honors four chaplains

As "Taps" played at the Balsam Valley Chapel in Jonesboro on February 11 to honor the four chaplains, Rodney Sienkiewicz saluted. His father Henry had been a civilian contractor aboard the USAT Dorchester when it was torpedoed by a German submarine about 80 miles off the coast of Greenland.

2018

Legality of closure challenged

The state's attorney general, the Washington County commissioners and the county's legislators are challenging in court the unilateral decision by Governor LePage and the Department of Corrections (DOC) to close the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) without warning on the morning of February 9.

2018

DCF offered ‘true corrections’

In a surprise pre-dawn prison takeover shortly after 4 a.m.

2018

Calais council firm in opposition to county budget plan

The Washington County budget plan -- which would increase the budget by approximately $530,000 while adding four deputies -- was addressed with consternation by the Calais City Council at a meeting on February 8.

2018

LOOK, MA, NO HANDS! Skating was among the outdoor activities enjoyed during the Winter Sports and Fun Day sponsored by Stronghearts at the Pottle Tree Farm in Perry on February 10. (Don Dunb

LOOK, MA, NO HANDS

LOOK, MA, NO HANDS! Skating was among the outdoor activities enjoyed during the Winter Sports and Fun Day sponsored by Stronghearts at the Pottle Tree Farm in Perry on February 10. (Don Dunbar photo)

2018

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FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE

FACING AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE, Steven Pressley II of Whiting, who has worked for 13 years as a correctional officer at the Downeast Correctional Facility that was closed on February 9, is among the 39 staff being laid off. He speaks with pride about how the minimum-security prison has helped inmates

2018

Valentines share their love stories

Valentine's Day is a reminder of the importance of having someone to love and of having someone love you, and three Quoddy area couples reveal what has helped keep their marriages long and happy.