Turnout at the polls was low because of Tuesday’s snowstorm.
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, News, Schools and Education
Winslow School Board hears proposals for spending
The Board finished the first draft of expenditures for upcoming school year’s budget, which includes instructional tools, new doors and flooring, and potentially an increase in central office staff salaries.
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Residents to vote on whether to dissolve AOS 92 Tuesday
School officials from the district say Vassalboro, Waterville and Winslow students will benefit from the communities regaining local control.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
SAD 13 alters position on school gun violence protest
Superintendent Virginia Rebar posts another letter, saying all students will have a chance to voice their opinion on the divisive topic.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Bill to provide stopgap funding to Jackman health facility moves forward
Lawmakers vote unanimously to send to the full Legislature a bill calling for allocating $150,000 to the Jackman Community Health Center to help cover shortfall.
Posted inLocal & State, Politics
Mayor Nick Isgro vetoes creation of housing committee, suspecting plan for landlord registry
Waterville City Council members say enacting a landlord registry, which would involve fees, was not the goal of the committee.
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville Council declares Ward 5 seat vacant; opening it up for applicants
The panel also voted to add an amendment that would allow downtown TIF money to be used on the Riverwalk development at the Head of Falls.
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Pittsfield woman found dead in car remembered as loving mother
Family members say Jenna French, 30, struggled with mental, physical illnesses.
Posted inLocal & State
Immigrant shares her experience with racial discrimination, at Thomas College
Sofia Andres grew up in Russia with her Angola-born parents, but uses her story as a way to deal with divisive gender and racial issues.
Posted inLocal & State
Winslow council to vote on contracting out town’s trash collection
Town Manager Mike Heavener says having a contractor collect trash would reduce costs in the public works budget.