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.
-
PublishedOctober 8, 2023
Saturday’s storm hit northern, coastal Maine with power outages
Saturday’s storm delivered some rain and breeze for southern and central Maine, but the Down East region got clobbered with heavy amounts of rain and strong winds.
-
PublishedOctober 8, 2023
Wabanaki exhibit set to debut at Portland children’s museum
The exhibit, titled ‘Ckuwaponahkiyik Atkuhkakonol: Wabanaki Storytelling Through Art and Traditions,’ explores the Wabanaki people.
-
PublishedOctober 7, 2023
Victoria Mansion kicks off the Halloween season with some odd, spooky history
Portland’s Victorian Mansion held ‘A Bizarre Victorian Bazaar: An Exhibition of Oddities and the Obscure’ on Saturday. The one-day fair kicked off the Halloween season by demonstrating some odd beliefs of the Victorian era.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
PublishedSeptember 23, 2023
10 people displaced after fire at Westbrook apartment building
A fire at a Westbrook apartment building displaced 10 people Friday, firefighters said. While residents were displaced because of damage, no injuries were reported. The Westbrook Fire Department responded after a resident called in about a fire in their unit. Crews extinguished the flames and searched the apartment where the fire stated, as well as […]
-
PublishedSeptember 23, 2023
Police seek public’s help locating missing Saco woman
Andrea Ouellette previously went missing for more than three weeks in August.
-
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.
- ← Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 7
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- …
- 42
- Next Page →