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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PublishedMarch 4, 2019
Lewiston: Webster proposes school budget that would not boost taxes
Superintendent Bill Webster proposing school budget with no tax increase
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PublishedMarch 2, 2019
Meet the new ag boss: Amanda Beal
Amanda Beal grew up on a dairy farm in Litchfield. She’s Maine’s first female commissioner of the Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2019
Meet the new wildlife boss: Judy Camuso
Judy Camuso is a birder and a hunter. She’s Maine’s first female commissioner of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2019
Women in Maine politics: ‘They ran. They won. And now there’s even more.’
We take a look at the new commissioners in Maine Gov. Janet Mills’ cabinet — eight of 15 are women — and at the forces behind the growing number of women in the Maine Legislature and politics nationally.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2019
Discussing more women in politics: ‘The New Normal’
The head of the national organization Emily’s List, Maine native Emily Cain, will talk about why more women are getting involved in powerful decision-making positions nationwide.
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PublishedMarch 2, 2019
L-A This Week
A listing of public meetings in Lewiston-Auburn for the week of March 4, 2019.
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PublishedMarch 1, 2019
Learning Native American culture
Native American teacher instructs second-graders at Longley Elementary School in Wabanaki culture Friday.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2019
Coming Sunday: Maine women making history
This Sunday: As Women’s History Month begins, staff writer Bonnie Washuk and photographer Russ Dillingham take a look at the sea change in the role of women in Maine state government. New Gov. Janet Mills — Maine’s first female governor — calls it “a phenomenon whose time has come.”
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PublishedFebruary 26, 2019
Local costs of a new Edward Little High School less than expected
AUBURN — At a projected $125.5 million, a new, state-of-the-art Edward Little High School would cost Auburn taxpayers less than expected, members of the Building Committee were told Tuesday night. The school would be the best — and most expensive — in Maine, officials said. The state’s most expensive high school is now in Sanford, […]
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PublishedFebruary 24, 2019
Meet Pender Makin and what she wants to do for schools
Her top goal: ‘Reinvigorate public trust in the Department of Education’
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