Eric Calleja Jr. gets his birthday wish eight months after losing his dad, a 9/11 first responder, to cancer.
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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Derailed train in Somerset county was carrying flammable chemicals
The hazardous materials did not spill or catch fire, the railroad said, but one of them is classified as highly flammable by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
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Pingree pushes for climate-friendly addition to 2023 Farm Bill
The Maine Democrat is proposing legislation that would help farms and food systems reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.
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Vehicle crashes into Madawaska home, killing driver and man inside
State police are investigating the cause of the Saturday night accident.
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Massachusetts man dies after crash on Maine Turnpike in Wells
The man died Sunday morning after he veered off the turnpike and crashed into a tree, according to the Maine State Police.
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Rare Steller’s sea eagle still hanging around Maine
The large bird, native to eastern Russia, returned this winter after first being seen here in 2021.
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Return of rare Steller’s sea eagle delights birders in Georgetown
The large bird first spotted in Maine last winter returned to the area this weekend.
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Extreme cold rattles Maine, with minus-45 wind chills in Portland and ‘frost quakes’ up north
On Mount Washington, the cold broke records Friday with an overnight low of 46 degrees below zero, and a wind chill of minus-108.
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Dangerous cold temperatures coming to Maine this week
While much of the state has enjoyed a warm winter so far with no below-zero cold snaps, that’s about to change, according to the National Weather Service.
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Heavy snow, power outages expected Monday
CMP calls in extra storm response crews and the governor closes state offices.