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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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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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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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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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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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L-A This Week
A listing of public meetings in Lewiston-Auburn for the week of April 22.
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Lewiston school budget goal: Reduce chronic absenteeism
Lewiston School Committee asked for a school budget that has more positions to reduce chronic absenteeism.
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Lewiston students ‘excited to learn’ English
The number of English language learners is just under 1,500, or about 28 percent of students in Lewiston public schools.
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L-A This Week
A listing of public meetings in Lewiston-Auburn for the week of April 15.
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State approves $105.9 million for new Edward Little High School
State approves new ELHS, an expected step, but a very big one for the project to move forward