Quoddy Tides

2 months ago | themainemonitor.org | Lura Jackson |Quoddy Tides

This Quoddy Tides story is part of a multi-newsroom collaboration spearheaded by The Maine Monitor and the Investigative Reporting Workshop examining how Maine counties are spending their ARPA funds. View the full project including more stories and data analysis. Washington County’s public safety infrastructure is getting a much-needed upgrade following the application of $6.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds.

Mar 16, 2024 | themainemonitor.org | RJ Heller |Quoddy Tides

This story was originally published by the Quoddy Tides. Construction of a new public safety building for Washington County is slated to begin this spring in Machias. It will be built on ground where the former district attorney’s office once stood. The $5.5 million facility will provide modern efficiencies and more space, and will mark a tentative positive step forward for an already stressed Washington County Sheriff’s Office. The building will also house Maine Drug Enforcement Agency staff.

Mar 9, 2024 | themainemonitor.org | RJ Heller |Quoddy Tides

This story was originally published by the Quoddy Tides. Residents of Columbia Falls will vote at their March 19 town meeting on accepting a new land use plan along with a code of ordinances that were developed in response to the Worcester family’s Flagpole of Freedom Park that was proposed two years ago and has now been dropped.