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Operating an effective ambulance service is not an inexpensive undertaking, particularly when that service covers an area with a limited and declining population. It is simple economics: operating costs do not go down when the number of people served declines. The cost per person, in fact,...

Kacen Pedrucci is lucky to be alive. Sometime in mid-May the 15-month-old boy swallowed a coin-like "button battery" and is now being fed through a tube in his throat.

The New Brunswick government announced on July 12 that it would replace the aging Grand Manan Nursing Home, which is so infested with mold that 10 of the 30 residents have been moved out of the building.

Eleven suicides reportedly have occurred in Washington County this year, including three in Lubec since April and one in Edmunds. In half a year, the county's rate has been three times the national average.

The local property tax rate in the City of Eastport would remain flat, with no increase in the mill rate, under the proposal brought forward by Eastport City Manager Jon Southern and the city budget committee. Although the total budget would increase by $218,350, or 5.

Homelessness in Washington County has been growing since the recession began in 2008. A three‑year pilot program to prevent homelessness is just about to end, and the question for the many agencies and individuals working on the issue is how to move forward with limited or no funding.