Jake covers Skowhegan and the surrounding area for the Morning Sentinel. Before arriving to central Maine, Jake reported for GBH News, Boston.com, El Mundo Boston, and the Appalachian Mountain Club's magazine. Jake graduated from Tufts University, where he was a reporter and editor for The Tufts Daily, the school's independent student newspaper. Though he grew up in the Boston area, Jake has spent the last several summers working as a whitewater rafting guide in Maine on the Kennebec, Penobscot, and Dead Rivers. He also taught English for a year in Spain's Canary Islands.
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PublishedApril 30, 2025
Fire destroys garage in Cornville
The suspected cause was a generator running inside the garage, according to Cornville’s fire chief.
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PublishedApril 29, 2025
Madison man gets manslaughter plea deal in 2023 killing
Roland Flood was scheduled to go on trial next week for the killing of Mark Trabue but struck a last-minute plea deal with prosecutors.
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PublishedApril 29, 2025
Skowhegan racetrack neighbors sue over ‘ear-splitting’ noise
After two neighbors filed a complaint against the owner and operator of Get Er Done Raceway and Motorsports on Dudley Corner Road, a judge issued an order temporarily shutting the track down, just as its season was set to begin.
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PublishedApril 29, 2025
Palermo death ruled a homicide, police say
State police say they are investigating the death of Robert Bruso, 56, earlier this month as a homicide, and they are also looking for Bruso’s golden retriever.
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PublishedApril 29, 2025
Athens home, former store damaged by garage fire
The fire started in a garage but was knocked down before fully reaching the house, which was once Rowell’s General Store.
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PublishedApril 28, 2025
Hartland candidates focus on development in race muddied by lawsuit
Friday’s municipal election pits Selectman John A. Hikel against challenger Robert C. Bryant.
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PublishedApril 28, 2025
Norridgewock man indicted in February killing, assault
Kendall Purnell, 38, is accused of killing Harold Burgess, 71, and seriously injuring Shawn Haggan, 45.
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PublishedApril 27, 2025
Somerset County officials to finalize budget with no overall tax increase
County property taxpayers, overall, would raise $44 less than last year, though some municipalities will see increases and decreases in their assessments based on their valuations.
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PublishedApril 26, 2025
Bomb threats at Gardiner and Hampden Walgreens stores were hoaxes, police say
The Gardiner store was locked down and closed for about 2 hours Friday because of the threat, local police said.
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PublishedApril 24, 2025
Skowhegan board takes heat as it moves funds to build baseball field
Redesignating more than $400,000 toward the project should allow the town to complete the baseball field portion of a larger plan for an athletic complex, the project’s clerk of works said.
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