Will Tuell

With the arrival of sunny skies and warmer weather, Washington County saw two high-profile forest fires this past week – a 65-acre blaze in Wesley on Monday and an eight-acre fire in Johnson’s Cove Friday, according to the Maine Forest Service, which assisted fire departments across the region with both conflagrations Although no cause has been given for either fire or a trio of smaller burns north of Columbia Falls, Rangers said via social media on Sunday that over 100 wildfires have been reported statewide so far this spring.