Amanda Garay, who lost her brother, and the Mosher siblings, who lost their father, use their experience with suicide to help other survivors.
Emily Higginbotham
Emily Higginbotham covers general news in the towns of China, Oakland, Unity, Vassalboro and Winslow. She started reporting for the Sentinel in November 2017 after working as a copy editor at the newspaper for a little over a year. Emily also writes a bi-weekly column, “Notes from a Novice,” that appears in the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal on Wednesdays. She is an Illinois native and a graduate of St. Louis University in Missouri, where she studied journalism, creative writing and political science. In her free time, she likes to travel, cook new recipes and optimistically root for Chicago sports teams.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Winslow town attorney says ‘citizen initiative’ to repeal school bond approval is illegal
Town attorney Bill Lee said the town charter contains no authority to have a “referendum on a referendum,” as opponents of an $8.1 million school renovation and consolidation plan press ahead.
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Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Waterville police increase patrol near Walmart over harassment reports
Deputy Chief Bill Bonney said the department received reports Monday of suspicious men approaching women in the Walmart parking lot and asking “strange questions.”
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Winslow Council adopts 90-day moratorium on new medical marijuana facilities
The councilors voted unanimously to adopt the delay in order to come up with new regulations following an amendment to state law.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, News
Waterville man dies in early morning Winslow crash
Gabriel Stuart, 52, was pronounced dead at the scene of the Augusta Road crash, according to police.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Waterville mayor vetoes council vote on placing plastic bag ban on ballot
In his veto statement, Nick Isgro warns that such a referendum would invite “dark money funded influence peddlers” into the city.
Posted inLocal & State
Oakland beach reopens as lake’s E. coli levels return to normal
The high temperature experienced earlier in the week had exacerbated the town’s persistent goose waste problem, prompting the town to shut down the beach area.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Poor market forces Unity recycler to stop accepting most plastics
The Unity Area Regional Recycling Center is accepting only No. 2 plastics, including milk jugs, after failing to find buyers in the vanishing Chinese market.
Posted inLocal & State
Oakland’s waterfront park closes after water test shows high E. coli levels
High temperature has exacerbated the town’s persistent goose waste problem, prompting the town to shut down the public beach area.
Posted inLocal & State
China’s new town manager confronts questions about his beliefs
Dennis Heath, the unanimous selection of the China Select Board, explains his views on same-sex marriage, Islam, women and Roy Moore.