Sarah Craighead Dedmon

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Sarah Craighead Dedmon is the editor of the Machias Valley News Observer and a freelance journalist focused on the issues impacting Washington County. Raised in New Hampshire, after graduating from the University of Nebraska, Sarah worked in the tech industry in Dallas, Los Angeles, and Boston, before relocating to Maine in 2012, where she resides with her husband, two children, and two dogs.

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The bees are all right. And that’s good news for Maine’s blueberry crop.

Native pollinators like the bumblebee also play an important role in wild blueberry production. But what damage did a big hurricane last year in Florida do to the bee population?

BySarah Craighead Dedmon

February 25, 2023

Exterior of the Lafyette Family Cancer Institute at Northern Light.

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Brewer deferrals mean Washington County cancer patients now drive even further for care

Northern Light Cancer Care is experiencing an unusually high volume of new patient referrals and is working to restore access, according to a spokesperson.

BySarah Craighead Dedmon

November 6, 2022

A map of Machias and the surrounding area including Whitneyville, East Machias, Jonesboro and Machiasport

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‘Swarm’ of earthquakes felt in central Washington County

The Washington County tremors are not dangerous, but they could teach seismologists something about how earthquakes form.

BySarah Craighead Dedmon

August 28, 2022

Sarah Craighead Dedmon

The bees are all right. And that’s good news for Maine’s blueberry crop.

Brewer deferrals mean Washington County cancer patients now drive even further for care

‘Swarm’ of earthquakes felt in central Washington County

Calls to overhaul Maine probate courts have stalled for half a century. The most vulnerable people may be at risk.

Here are the latest figures on the highest-paid employees at Maine’s public universities

In Washington County, getting from here to there isn’t so simple

Six takeaways from the Monitor’s probate court investigation

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