2024
Higher costs and greater need hit food and fuel funds
Area food and fuel funds are facing unprecedented challenges in the wake of decreased government assistance, rising inflation and costs and increased need.
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2024
Funds sought for more rural patrol officers
With two legislative proposals now dead or unlikely to pass, Washington County leaders are eyeing one remaining plan to provide more funding for rural law enforcement patrols following the pullback of the Maine State Police from patrol coverage in the county last summer.
2024
Affordable housing options weighed by Lubec select board
The first 2024 meeting of the Lubec Select Board, held January 3, attracted the full board but few members of the public. Most of the discussion centered on the topic of promoting the development of low- and fair-income housing, potentially based on unused land owned by the town.
2023
Storm delivers hurricane force winds, outages and damage
In the aftermath of the hurricane force wind and rain storm on Monday, December 19, Governor Janet Mills declared a state of civil emergency for 14 Maine counties, including Washington County, with hundreds of thousands of people without power and significant flooding and infrastructure damage.
2023
PFAS testing shows wide range for contamination levels
New information about PFAS levels in the county and state's soils and water sources that have been tested by the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is available on the agency's website.
2023
As PWD water quality improves, efforts aim to build trust
“We want to start the journey of building trust in the water source. Years of no violations will help build trust,
2023
St. Stephen declares emergency on homelessness
St. Stephen Municipal District Council voted unanimously on December 4 to declare a state of local emergency due to the large number of homeless people in this community, which has been estimated at between 70 and 100, with one man in his 40s found outside at 3 a.m.