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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PublishedJanuary 1, 2022
COVID-19 hospitalizations tick up slightly in Maine
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports 338 people hospitalized for COVID-19 throughout the state.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2021
Holiday gatherings pose COVID risks, but with certain precautions can be safer than last year
Small gatherings of vaccinated people who aren’t at high risk for the disease can be relatively safe, some experts say.
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PublishedDecember 4, 2021
Maine CDC reports 876 new COVID-19 cases, four more deaths
The state has more than 300 virus patients hospitalized for the 11th consecutive day.
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PublishedMarch 6, 2021
‘Completely changed my life:’ A year of COVID
We talk to area residents about the losses and the lessons one year after COVID hit Maine.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2019
Lewiston-Auburn College moving downtown?
UMaine leaders are exploring the idea. USM President Glenn Cummings hopes such a move would happen within three to five years. Others who helped establish the college are concerned.
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PublishedJuly 7, 2019
Enrollment down more than half at Lewiston-Auburn College
Students have gone from a record high of 1,350 in 2005 to about 600 in 2019.
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PublishedJune 30, 2019
Even plastic-bag-toting shoppers favor ban
Different customers are approaching the upcoming single-use bag ban differently.
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PublishedJune 30, 2019
Maine lawmakers give environmental efforts big green light
From bans on plastic bags and Styrofoam containers to boosts for solar and other renewable energy, the climate in the Maine Legislature this session was decidedly pro-environment.
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PublishedJune 20, 2019
Rainy spring has produced a bumper crop of ticks, black flies and mosquitoes
‘The Tick Lab’ at the University of Maine has tested 500 deer ticks so far this spring and 45 percent tested positive for the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.
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PublishedJune 10, 2019
Auburn Middle School mourns death of teacher Shane Gilbert
The social studies teacher died unexpectedly at his home.
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