Bonnie Washuk is the weekend reporter for the Portland Press Herald. She previously was the education writer and a general assignment reporter for the Sun Journal, focusing on Lewiston-Auburn schools. She began as a Lewiston Daily Sun reporter on Halloween, 1983. Since then she's worked for the Lewiston Evening Journal, Sunday, and the Sun Journal covering just about every beat. For 10 years she covered politics as the State House reporter. Bonnie's interests are cooking, dogs, the environment. She's an avid recycler, drives a Prius and does a lot of dog walking with her dogs Lucy and Zoe. A wife, mother of three sons and grandmother of four, she loves children. A great assignment for her is interviewing students. She lives in Portland, grew up in Augusta and attended the University of Maine at Augusta.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2023
Portland jetport briefly shut down Sunday after car crashes through gate, drives on runway
George Gillmore III, 33, who police say was staying at a nearby hotel, has been charged with multiple crimes in relation to the incident.
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PublishedSeptember 30, 2023
Long forgotten helmsman in War of 1812 sea battle off Maine is honored in Portland
Samuel Drinkwater, who piloted the USS Enterprise when it defeated the HMS Boxer in 1813, was honored Saturday with a new gravestone in Portland’s Eastern Cemetery.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
Cumberland County Fair opens with big crowds
The fair began its 151st year Sunday with a demonstration by the Colby College Woodsmen and the kids pedal tractor pull.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2023
Portland police ask for help solving case of missing girl last seen in 1971
On the 52nd anniversary of when 16-year-old Cathy Marie Moulton was reported missing, authorities are seeking the public’s help. Moulton was last seen on Forest Avenue.
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PublishedSeptember 17, 2023
As cleanup from Lee continues, CMP says most customers should have power back
The Maine Emergency Management Agency and other state agencies were working with local safety officials on cleanup and recovery.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2023
Missing Sanford man found after 2 days was trapped in vehicle
Robert C. Brown, 65, of Sanford, was found by passersby, police said, and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
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PublishedSeptember 16, 2023
One dead from storm damage as Lee knocks out power, blows over trees across Maine
Nearly 100,000 Central Maine Power and Versant customers lost power at the storm’s peak. A man died in Waldo County after a tree fell on his car as he was driving.
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PublishedSeptember 10, 2023
Portland to hold ceremony Monday morning to honor victims of Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks
The memorial ceremony will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday on the Eastern Promenade. Gov. Janet Mills has directed that flags be lowered on Monday to remember and honor those lost on Sept. 11, 2001.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2023
Maine Open Lighthouse Day delivers nautical history, beautiful views
Many of Maine’s 66 lighthouses were open for public tours Saturday.
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PublishedSeptember 9, 2023
Portland police seek public’s help to solve 2008 killing of security guard
James Angelo, 27, a security guard at Mercy Hospital, was shot and killed early on the morning of Sept. 7, 2008. His death remains unsolved 15 years later.
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