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A total of 19 people have tested positive for COVID-19 -- including four people from Washington County -- following an outbreak related to the Woodland Pulp mill, as of October 6.

Eastport Police Chief Peter Harris says his firing on the morning of September 28 by City Manager Thomas Hoskins "was a wrongful termination based on lies." The dismissal is the third firing of a police chief in the past three years in the city, which has had nine police chiefs in the past 10 years.

Following one of its longer discussions in some time, the Eastport School Committee, at its September 16 meeting, unanimously voted to allow the playing of high school fall sports with a limited number of spectators, while expressing concerns about the possible transmission of the COVID-19 virus.

An early morning fire on September 21 at a Machias trailer park claimed the lives of two people, while three people in a neighboring trailer were able to escape thanks to the quick actions of a passing motorist.

Over 100 people attended Charlotte's annual town meeting at the fire station on August 20. There were 90 voting residents from the town. Residents eligible to vote were given a pink card that had to be held up for the ballot clerks to count.

The announcement by Maine Center for Disease Control (CDC) Director Dr. Nirav Shah on August 4 that a few migrant workers at Wyman's in Milbridge were confirmed positive for COVID 19 illustrates the challenges faced by the state's agricultural industries...