The man’s vehicle broke through thin ice Tuesday in Washington County.
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Future of Downeast Correctional Facility still unknown
AUGUSTA — Washington County lawmakers are planning a last-ditch attempt this week to reopen the Downeast Correctional Facility while acknowledging the need to look beyond their months-long political and legal fight with Gov. Paul LePage over the prison’s future. In early June, the LePage administration quietly transferred the handful of remaining Downeast Correctional inmates and […]
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Former Washington County sheriff indicted on felony theft charges
MACHIAS — A Washington County grand jury on Monday indicted former sheriff Donnie Smith on multiple charges, including two felony theft counts related to illegal expenditures from an inmate benefit account at the Washington County Jail. A representative of the Washington County district attorney’s office confirmed to the Bangor Daily News that Smith was indicted […]
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Emera has 1,400 customers without power still in northern Maine
MACHIAS — More than 1,400 Emera Maine customers are without electricity in northern Maine as the utility continues to repair its systems after weekend storms. Emera Maine said Tuesday that 1,389 of the outages are in Washington County. The rest are in Aroostook and Hancock counties. A spokesman for the utility says progress has been […]
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More than 2,900 Mainers still without power
MACHIAS — Emera Maine was busy Monday trying to restore power to a few thousand customers Down East, but the progress was slow because damage from tropical storm Arthur over the holiday weekend was more extensive than first thought. As the day drew to a close, Monday’s efforts restored power to about 650 customers, leaving […]
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Hurricane Arthur hits Washington County hard
MACHIAS — About 3,560 customers were without power because of the weekend storm, with the vast majority of them in Washington County, Emera Maine reported early Monday morning. As of 5 a.m., 2,766 customers in Washington County were without power, 794 in Hancock and 70 in Aroostook. Most of the outages were clustered along the […]
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Biologists re-capture ‘Big John,’ a black bear featured in 2010 BDN story
TOWNSHIP 36 MD — When Randy Cross last saw “Big John,” the 7-year-old 364-pound black bear was snoozing beside a tree in remote Washington County, shaking off the effects of the sedative that was administered an hour earlier. That was four years ago, when Cross, a wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries […]
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Biologists re-capture ‘Big John,’ a black bear featured in 2010 BDN story
TOWNSHIP 36 MD — When Randy Cross last saw “Big John,” the 7-year-old 364-pound black bear was snoozing beside a tree in remote Washington County, shaking off the effects of the sedative that was administered an hour earlier. That was four years ago, when Cross, a wildlife biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries […]
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Paper mill to add 80 jobs, 2 tissue machines in Washington County
AUGUSTA — Woodland Pulp will expand its pulp mill in Baileyville, an investment that will add 80 new jobs in one of Maine’s poorest counties, Gov. Paul LePage announced Wednesday. The company will install two tissue machines at the plant, a capital investment of about $120 million, the governor announced at a morning news conference. […]
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Teen driver killed on way to school
TOPSFIELD — An 18-year-old Brookton Plantation man driving to school was killed in a collision with a tractor-trailer Wednesday morning. Dylan Porter was pronounced dead at the scene of the accident, which occurred at about 7:10 a.m. on U.S. Route 1 about two miles north of Route 6, the Washington County Sheriff’s Office reported. Porter […]