Board members moved forward with plan despite the likely loss of some financial incentives.
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.
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State fire marshal’s officers arrest two suspects from Solon in connection with van arson
Investigators say Jennifer Sandoval paid Anthony Salisbury $300 to destroy her vehicle in order to collect insurance money in Bingham.
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AOS 92 residents approve $1.89M budget
The budget voters approved Wednesday won’t go into effect if the school district is dissolved in a March referendum vote.
Posted inSchools and Education
Residents to vote on AOS 92 school budget Wednesday
If voters decide to dissolve the school district in the spring, this budget will become void.
Posted inLocal & State
Medical unit rescues injured Colby student from campus utility tunnel
An 18-year-old woman had to be taken to the hospital Sunday after crawling into a tunnel and cutting her head.
Posted inLocal & State
Winslow Town Council pushes back vote on special election for council seat
Sitting Councilor Jerry Quirion filed a suit against the town with the Maine Supreme Judicial Court contesting the validity of a single ballot.
Posted inLocal & State
Man detained by police after standoff in Waterville closed down College Avenue neighborhood
Authorities had cordoned off part of the road in a standoff with a man who reportedly fired six or seven gunshots inside a building and had refused to leave.
Posted inNews
Central Maine sees first notable snowfall of season
Snow, slick conditions trigger substantial number of accidents across region
Posted inLocal & State
Waterville walk celebrates work of police, public officials
The group recognized the Waterville Police Department as what it called an example of what law enforcement is doing right in communities.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime
Man leaves his family in car in Farmington, tries to escape deputy
Christopher Tracy turned and entered a driveway so fast that one of his vehicle’s tires came off its rim.