Reports of cows being released at farms in China are under investigation by the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, which is also probing whether the incidents are related acts of vandalism that occurred in Clinton last week.
Colin Ellis
Colin Ellis began writing for the Morning Sentinel in winter of 2016. He covers general news in Fairfield and other surrounding communities of Somerset County. Originally from Portland, he began writing for The Forecaster in southern Maine in the summer of 2014 before joining the Sentinel. He is a graduate of St. Michael’s College in Vermont, and returned to Maine in spring of 2013.
Vandals set hundreds of cows loose at Maine dairy farm and 1 dies, police say
A cow broke its neck and died last week after vandals let it and hundreds of other cows out of their pens at the Misty Meadow Farm and also vandalized the Wright Place Farm, police said.
Fairfield eyes Town Council appointee after Sezak resigns
Council Chairman Robert Sezak will resign from his municipal post effective Dec. 31, as he was recently elected to become a Somerset County commissioner.
Season’s first snow sends cars sliding in central Maine
As the first significant snowfall of the winter fell in the Augusta and Waterville areas, dozens of car crashes happened on local and state roads, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries.