Washington County Emergency Management

09/25/2026

Good Morning!

The developing Nor'easter off the Mid-Atlantic coast will meander offshore of New England through the weekend into early next week. This will bring impacts, mainly to the Downeast coast, of gusty winds, dangerous seas, and periods of rain.
Wind gusts are expected to be up to 40 mph for the coast, with lower winds inland north. Winds offshore could approach 50 mph, bringing dangerous seas with up to 15 ft waves offshore and 5-8 ft waves nearshore. A Gale Warning is in effect for coastal waters, a Small Craft Advisory is in effect for intra-coastal waters, and a High Surf Advisory is in effect for coastal Hancock County. No impactful coastal flooding is expected, though large breaking waves could be hazardous for those on rock outcrops and pose a rip current risk.
Rainfall will be limited to southern areas through the weekend, with highest totals of around 1 inch for coastal areas. As the storm weakens and moves north early next week, rain chances increase for the north.
No coastal flooding is expected, and no flooding from rainfall, as it will be beneficial for the ongoing drought. A few isolated power outages are possible.

09/08/2026

The 2026-2027 Home Energy Assistance Program season is open, and there is no need to wait for an appointment to apply. You can apply at any time online. In fact, applying online is the fastest way to complete your application. For more information or to start an online application, visit https://www.mainehousing.org/programs-services/energy/energydetails/liheap

09/04/2026

🚁 Attention Area Fire Departments and Ambulance Services! 🚑🚒

Machias Ambulance Service and East Machias Fire Department is hosting a LifeFlight Ground Safety Course!

📅 Tuesday, September 15
⏰ 6:00–8:00 p.m.
📍 East Machias Fire Department

Join us to learn more about safely working with LifeFlight crews and supporting critical-care operations in our communities. We would love to see a great group of local first responders attend!

Please use the link below to register so we can plan accordingly—and help us spread the word by sharing this post!

🔗 Registration: https://forms.gle/ovvySd42opoaa4s87

We hope to see you there!

08/31/2026

School is back in session! Watch out for excited children going to school, and possibly not fully paying attention when crossing roads, getting on and off the bus, and those that walk to and from school. And never pass a stopped school bus with RED Flashing lights!

08/26/2026

Daytime Planned Outages Thursday, August 27th
On Thursday, August 27 there will be 2 short outages affecting Co-op members on Route 1 South out of Calais, including Robbinston, Perry, and parts of Charlotte. The Co-op must cut power to a couple sections of line on route 1 to accommodate a Maine DOT culvert replacement. Ordinally this would require an outage lasting several hours, but the linemen are going to do some switching to keep power on to most of those affected.

The first outage is expected around 9:00 am and the second will occur later in the day. Between these outage members are asked to limit energy use to help maintain reliable service.

08/03/2026

We have received reports of fraudsters calling customers to verify phony transactions in an attempt to gain access to online banking information.

These calls may appear to come from Machias Savings Bank employees, as fraudsters are spoofing Bank employee phone numbers.

Please remember: We will never ask for your login credentials, one-time passcodes, or remote access to your device.

If you believe you may have shared information with a fraudster, please contact us immediately at 866-416-9302.

07/24/2026

07/23/2026

The Downeast Sunrise Trail Relay Race ‘26 has 400 runners on the trail TODAY Friday July 24th evening, overnight, and continuing into tomorrow, Saturday July 25th, between Washington Junction (Hancock) and Eastport. Please yield to the runners at trail crossings if driving and please be mindful if you’re also recreationally on the trail. Runners will be crossing highways all through the evening to early mornings. Keep an eye out at road crossings where ATV's cross daily for these runners!