Abigail Austin

Kennebec Journal

Abigail is a Kennebec Journal staff writer covering crime and courts. She has a BFA from the University of Maine Farmington and has worked in journalism for five years, meeting the community first as the Connections editor at the Sun Journal. She writes because she's curious and wants to tell the stories of central Mainers. It was this same curiosity that stirred Abby and her husband to sell everything in a yard sale and hit the American back roads as full-time RVers where she met locals who gave her recipes for fire water and fudge along with tips to avoid bear and cockroaches. Now parked in Hartford on a little ranch, Abby spends her spare time in the saddle and and on the trails with her dog.

Winthrop Post Office to reopen by October

by Abigail Austin August 25, 2019August 25, 2019

The town’s post office, destroyed by fire in 2017, had been built in 2010 to replace an older building.

KLT to hold annual meeting where interns will present their experiences

by Abigail Austin August 22, 2019August 28, 2019

Interns see community’s connection to nature and show the public how forest management can help mitigate climate change.

Kennebec Journal, Local & State

Winthrop library installs security cameras following increase in vandalism

by Abigail Austin August 21, 2019August 21, 2019

Vandalism has also been reported on school grounds, Norcross Point and recreation areas, but police chief calls the cases ‘normal nuisance criminal mischief.’