Paul Sylvain

Look up the definition of “midwife” and most sources online state it is a person trained to deliver babies. Washington County’s only certified nurse midwife does that, of course, but she delivers much more than babies -- she delivers comprehensive women’s care to an area where healthcare professionals are badly needed.  

Licensed master of surgery and certified midwife-nurse Bjarni Thomas has been helping Machias area women meet their obstetrical and gynecological needs locally for more than four years.

On November 17, Down East Hospice Volunteers benefited from the Lubec Brewing Company hosting an evening of music provided by LAMPS (Lubec Area Musician Philanthropic Society).  

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Paul Sylvain

After three grueling days of jury selection and pre-trial discussions between attorneys and Judge Robert E. Murray Jr., the trial of accused murderers Kailie Brackett and Donnell Dana Jr. finally got underway Friday morning in Washington County Superior Court in Machias.

Brackett, 39, and Dana, 40, both of Pleasant Point, Perry, are charged with “intentional or knowing or depraved indifference murder” in the stabbing death of 43-year-old Kimberly Neptune on April 21, 2022. 

Paul Sylvain

A Robbinston woman accused of murdering her former lover and principal drug supplier last year in Pembroke faces a prison sentence of 32 years after changing her plea to guilty in Washington County Superior Court on Dec. 7.

In changing her plea from not guilty to guilty, Rebecca Moores, 43, admitted to shooting 53-year-old Paula Johnson in Johnson’s home at 515 Leighton Point Rd, in Pembroke, on Feb. 9, 2022. Moores was arrested in Pembroke on July 6, 2022, and charged with Johnson’s murder.

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In a departure from their usual firefighting duties, members of the Princeton Fire Department spent a bustling Sunday afternoon at Walmart, but not in response to an emergency.  Instead, they embarked on a generous shopping spree aimed at making the holiday season brighter for those less fortunate.

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Possibly Part of Larger Chinese-Owned Illegal Commercial Marijuana Growing Operations in Maine

Paul Sylvain

In the first drug raid of its kind in Washington County, Machias police, assisted by multiple county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, executed a search warrant on a suspected illegal commercial marijuana growing operation at 414 East Kennebec Rd. on Dec. 14. The raid, conducted at 9:30 a.m., resulted in the arrest of three men on illegal drug trafficking charges.

Lenny Hanson, Paul Woodman, Mike Smith, Dale Holst, Jeff Maker, Joyce Maker, Norman Gardner, Connor Cooper, and Kristy Crawford all laid wreaths during the Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Alexander Municipal Building on Saturday, December 16.