Washington County avoids a deeper financial crisis by clearing an $8 million debt, and leaders now focus on transparency to ...

Another loan will not be the end of the long financial crisis in Maine’s easternmost county.

WASHINGTON COUNTY — The Washington County sheriff has announced he will not seek reelection. Sheriff Barry Curtis has spent more than four decades in law enforcement. He began his career with the ...

The county’s only Superior Court judge is retiring this month, and there is no timeline to name his successor.

The fiscal troubles of Washington County, Maine, home of the West Quoddy Head lighthouse, inspired a state bill that would authorize municipal bankruptcies. State Sen. Marianne Moore, who sponsored ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Maine (THE MAINE MONITOR) - Many towns across Washington County are set to meet in the coming weeks to vote on plans to prepay their share of the county’s outstanding 2025 debt to ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. Something seriously needs to be done to avert more problems in Washington ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Maine (THE MAINE MONITOR) - Washington County’s 2022 audit, which was recently accepted by county commissioners, is a harsh reflection of questionable spending, unbalanced books, ...

County commissioners voted to reduce the mileage reimbursement rate from a federal standard to a state standard to save money. Cpl. Oscar Sprague was reported missing in action while fighting in Korea ...