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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PublishedApril 24, 2019
What’s in the 2 ballot questions
what the 2 ELHS ballot questions on June 11 would include
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PublishedApril 24, 2019
How to recycle right
Top ways to recycle better.
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PublishedApril 24, 2019
Recycling rates across Maine
How does your town compare?
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PublishedApril 24, 2019
Lewiston-Auburn’s recycling rate is among the lowest in Maine
Recycling programs in Lewiston-Auburn, like many in Maine, are struggling with low participation and lots of “contamination.”
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PublishedApril 24, 2019
Why recycling works in Greene
Education and a watchful eye at the transfer station help.
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Houses still using petroleum
2010: 80.4% of homes used heating oil and propane 2017: 71.9% of homes used heating oil and propane If 100,000 heat pumps were installed in Maine over the next five years, the state would use between 27 million to 54 million fewer gallons of oil a year, a reduction of between 9.5% and 19% of […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Heat pump myths
Myth No. 1: Heat pumps do not work well in the winter, so turn them off. Wrong. Michael Stoddard of the state agency Efficiency Maine said that was true 10 years ago, but today’s high-efficiency heat pumps work well, even in the dead of winter. “Let them run as much as possible, providing as much […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
This writer’s experience: I’m glad we got a heat pump
A heat pump was not on our radar when my husband and I decided to get an energy audit to see about ways of reducing the heating bills at our Portland home. It was the energy auditor who knew about them. After analyzing our house with gadgets that measured heat loss, he gave us lots […]
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PublishedApril 22, 2019
Experts: You can save money and help the planet with a heat pump
Gov. Janet Mills will encourage installation of 100,000 heat pumps in homes and buildings in the next 5 years to save Mainers money and reduce fossil fuel use.
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PublishedApril 21, 2019
L-A This Week
A listing of public meetings in Lewiston-Auburn for the week of April 22.
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