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Politics & Government

2019

Pre release center to be built at prison site

The 15 months of limbo have been resolved for the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, with Governor Janet Mills and the Washington County legislative delegation announcing on May 3 that they have reached an agreement to build a new pre-release center on the existing DCF grounds.

2019

Legislative panel eyes changes to allow rockweed harvesting

In the wake of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court's March 28 decision that rockweed in the intertidal zone is the property of the upland landowner and not a public resource, a legislative committee is seeking to craft a means through statute to allow for commercial rockweed harvesting -- and the...

2019

Downeast prison’s fate still being debated

The question of whether the shuttered Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor will be reopened or a new pre-release center will be established in the Machias area is in legislative limbo...

2019

Trudeau and Scheer address carbon tax

Voters got a taste of the election campaign ahead when two national political leaders visited Charlotte County within four days of each other. Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dropped in to the Garcelon Civic Center in St.

2019

Opening prison or pre-release center debated at hearing

The question of whether the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor will be reopened or whether it will be replaced by a new pre-release center in the Machias area was the focus of discussion during a well-attended public hearing by the legislature's Criminal Justice and Public...

2019

Canadian Bill C-21 could be delayed by shutdown in U.S.

The partial shutdown of the United States government could give Campobello Island more time to prepare for Bill C-21, Mayor Stephen Smart suggests.

2019

Bills to target prison, opioids and funds to towns

Bills submitted by Washington County legislators would reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility (DCF) in Bucks Harbor, restore the state's revenue sharing to municipalities to 5%, help fight the state's opioid crisis and assist wild blueberry growers, along with addressing many other measures.