Coming Sunday: The future of the 31-year-old University of Southern Maine’s Lewiston-Auburn College is being explored. We talk to system officials about what could change and to community leaders about their thoughts and concerns.
Bonnie Washuk
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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Even plastic-bag-toting shoppers favor ban
AUBURN — As Lynn and Mark Klinger loaded groceries into their car, they smiled about the fact that they didn’t use any plastic grocery bags. All six bags were reusable. “No plastic bags. Except for the produce,” Mark said. The Klingers support new Maine laws that will outlaw single-use plastic bags and Styrofoam containers, starting […]
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Maine lawmakers give environmental efforts big green light
From bans on plastic bags and Styrofoam containers to boosts for solar and other renewable energy, the climate in the Maine Legislature this session was decidedly pro-environment.
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Coming Sunday: Good year for Maine’s environment
Coming Sunday: From a ban on plastic bags, initiatives to reduce climate change pollution, to more solar panels and heat pumps, this year was a banner year for Maine’s environment.
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Home warranty letter: Misleading marketing
Evelyn Ehrenfried of Lewiston received a bright pink letter telling her her property’s home warranty may be expiring or has expired, that she’s at risk of being financially liable for all repairs, but she has time to activate a service contract.
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L-A This Week
MONDAY, June 24 LEWISTON — Performer Steven Corning returns to Callahan Hall at the Lewiston Public Library at 11 a.m. for “The Human Variety Show.” He is a one-of-a-kind performer who does show-stopping stunts and juggles everything from shoes and car keys, to machetes and balloons. All ages welcome. AUBURN — Outright L-A, 4-5:30 p.m., Auburn […]
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Rainy spring has produced a bumper crop of ticks, black flies and mosquitoes
‘The Tick Lab’ at the University of Maine has tested 500 deer ticks so far this spring and 45 percent tested positive for the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
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Summer has arrived, but will there be sun?
Since January, rainfall has been 3 inches above normal.
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Lewiston superintendent says goodbye
Bill Webster, on his last day on the job, toured schools with incoming Superintendent Todd Finn on Tuesday.