Local News

The Washington County Emergency Medical Services Authority (WCEMSA), which has been serving 17 member communities as the county's primary ambulance service since its inception in 2001, received a February 17 letter from the City of Calais stating that the city would withdraw its membership from...

Down East Community Hospital (DECH) in Machias has been embroiled in controversy for at least the past 14 months, based largely on several well-publicized events: the death of a patient in January 2008 on hospital property during a storm after he had signed himself out against medical advice...

While the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) has decided to open the area from Lubec to Cutler for scallop fishing during the second half of the season, Cobscook Bay fishermen are upset that the bay will remain closed while other areas of the coast are open for fishing.

A February 12 public hearing on the emergency closure of six areas of the coast, including Cobscook Bay, to scallop fishing during the second half of the season is not expected to significantly change the areas that are closed.

Absenteeism continued to derail the Marion Transfer Station's (MTS) efforts to conduct business at the board's meeting on January 13 when the monthly session was again adjourned for lack of a quorum.

Bills submitted by area legislators would impose a rockweed harvest moratorium, make changes in the school regionalization law, promote economic development initiatives in Washington County, recognize Native American veterans and require that MPBN keep operating its towers in Washington and...