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 9, 2022
‘We have not vanished’: Advocate for Taíno people, long said to have disappeared, tells their story
Priscilla Colon is part of group trying to preserve the language and culture of the Caribbean Indigenous people encountered by explorers in 1492.
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PublishedOctober 9, 2022
Death of Hancock County man ruled a homicide
Police say he was found by a friend Oct. 3, but they’re still working to confirm his identity.
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PublishedOctober 8, 2022
Famed children’s illustrators draw for a crowd on last day of Maine Lit Fest
Two famous Maine authors/illustrators, Scott Nash and Chris Van Dusen, face off – or draw off – in an event before fans Saturday in Monument Square.
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PublishedOctober 2, 2022
Kennebunkport community helps ‘stuff the trailer’ for victims of Hurricane Ian
Stefan Kuenzel, who owns businesses in Maine and Fort Myers Beach, organized a drive to fill a 24-foot cargo trailer with donations, which he will drive to Florida.
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PublishedOctober 1, 2022
Freeport mourning another loss, a local high school grad who died a week ago in a car crash in Florida
Madison Cunningham, 21, died September 24 in Ft. Meyers during a crash on Edison Bridge.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
In photos: Cumberland Fair opens for its 150th year
The annual agricultural fair features all the usual attractions, from giant pumpkins, mouthy goats and other farm animals, to all the junk food one could wish for.
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PublishedSeptember 25, 2022
With winds easing, aircraft join search for missing teen in Freeport
As of Sunday night, the missing teen, Theo Ferrara, 14, had not been found, but the search will continue, said Maine Warden Service Lt. Jason Luce.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
Authorities continue search for Freeport teen missing since Thursday
Theo Ferrara, 14, was last seen about 4:30 p.m. walking on Flying Point Road toward Brunswick. He is 5 feet, 7 inches tall, and weighs about 125 pounds. He has brown hair and brown eyes.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
Winds from Fiona cause power outages in Maine
Much of the outages were in Somerset County, with 1,009 customers in the dark at one point.
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PublishedSeptember 24, 2022
Three taken to hospital Saturday after early morning crash in Pownal
A driver and two passengers were taken to Maine Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries after a Toyota SUV crashed and landed upside down in Pownal.
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