Sgt. Aaron Skolfield was joined by mental health advocates and a former legislator at a press conference Monday to publicize Maine’s Progressive Treatment Program, which they say could have prevented last year’s Lewiston shooting.
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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Fairfield mother and 3-year-old son found safe
Star Cunningham and her son had been missing from their family’s Fairfield home since Monday.
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A ‘woke’ flag? Culture war unfurls around Maine’s new (old) design
Some say the proposal for a new flag on the Nov. 5 ballot is an attempt to erase history, while others argue it’s related to Christian nationalism. To most, though, the meanings of our state flag and its potential replacement are more personal.
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Two candidates now in District 4 race for Winslow Town Council after resident launches write-in campaign
The Nov. 5 election will decide who replaces Ray Caron, who stepped down abruptly from the council earlier this month and ended his reelection bid.
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Demonstrators hold pro-Lebanon protest in Waterville as part of ‘National day of action’
The ‘All out for Lebanon’ protest was held concurrently with hundreds of others in cities across the country in response to a barrage of Israeli attacks that have killed nearly 600 people in the last week.
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Winslow councilors change course on town manager’s contract
Amid months of turmoil in the town office, councilors were set to discuss giving the town manager a higher payout if she was fired by the town. Instead, councilors voted to revoke their ability to fire her without cause altogether.
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KVCAP plans to begin construction on 37-unit Waterville apartment complex this winter
The three-story development will be located beside KVCAP’s Waterville location on the corners of King and Gold streets, the organization said.
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Construction to begin in Unity on Maine’s first halal slaughterhouse
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.
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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.