Hussam Al Rawi and his wife, Kathryn Piper, opened Five Pillars Butchery, a halal meat processing business in 2017, after moving to Maine the previous year. The couple were awarded nearly $3 million in federal grants earlier this year to add a slaughterhouse to the butchery at 119 Bangor Road.
Dylan Tusinski
Staff Writer
Dylan Tusinski is an investigative reporter with the Maine Trust for Local News' quick strike team, where his stories largely focus on money, drugs and government accountability. He has written about international drug trafficking rings, Maine's housing crisis, political polarization and much more. He previously worked for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville from 2023 to 2025. When he's not on the clock, Dylan can often be found at the nearest Grateful Dead cover band show or minor league hockey game.
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Florida reporter to receive Colby College journalism award Friday for reporting on Haiti
Miami Herald correspondent Jacqueline Charles will receive the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for her decades of reporting on earthquakes, assassinations and more in Haiti and the Caribbean.
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Florida reporter to receive Colby College journalism award Friday for reporting on Haiti
Miami Herald correspondent Jacqueline Charles will receive the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award for her decades of reporting on earthquakes, assassinations and more in Haiti and the Caribbean.
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If a tree falls in a Vassalboro cemetery, whose job is it to clean it up?
An unannounced tree-cutting this spring ignited a debate over whether aging trees in Vassalboro’s 27 cemeteries are worth the trouble of saving.
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Two men arrested ‘in the act’ of stealing copper from former Winslow Junior High
Codie Rice, 29, and Brian LeClair, 46, were arrested while cutting copper out of the abandoned building’s classrooms, bathrooms and hallways, police say.
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Winslow councilor Ray Caron abruptly resigns, citing personal reasons
Ray Caron, who has been a town councilor for nearly 15 years, resigned from the council and dropped his reelection bid via an email on Tuesday.
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Canaan man killed in single-vehicle crash on U.S. Route 2 Monday night
Anthony Hunt, 28, of Canaan was killed after veering off U.S. Route 2 and into the trees beside the highway, authorities said.
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Winslow council delays forming charter revision committee over pending election
Councilor Fran Hudson moved to postpone selecting the committee’s members until after the November election because two residents who filed paperwork to join are running for council seats.
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Vassalboro might vote directly on sanitary district trustees after member resignations
The Vassalboro Sanitary District’s charter does not clarify how new trustees should be elected or appointed, but town officials hope to change that with a special vote.
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United Bikers of Maine holds largest toy run since COVID-19 forced event’s cancellation in 2020, organizers say
The UBM event brings in thousands of toys that are donated at Christmas to Maine children in need.