Friday’s municipal election pits Selectman John A. Hikel against challenger Robert C. Bryant.
Jake Freudberg
Staff Writer
Jake covers public safety, courts and immigration in central Maine. He started reporting at the Morning Sentinel in November 2023 and previously covered all kinds of news in Skowhegan and across Somerset County. Jake grew up in Massachusetts and graduated from Tufts University. While in school, Jake wrote for various news organizations in the Boston area. He’s also a Maine whitewater rafting guide and lived in Spain’s Canary Islands for a year.
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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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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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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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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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Norridgewock woman seriously injured in Embden motorcycle crash
Amanda Quirion-Clark, 30, was transported to a hospital via LifeFlight helicopter, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Skowhegan town manager quits, citing lack of support
The news of Dawn DiBlasi’s resignation after one year as town manager came at the end of a contentious 3 1/2-hour select board meeting Tuesday.
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Home Baked in Mercer has dinner ready to go
The new business, run by a husband-and-wife duo out of the kitchen at the Mercer Community Center, offers ready-to-bake meals for pickup and delivery each week.
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Skowhegan Spinning Mill gears up to open hotel, restaurant, apartments
The project, which brings together a hotel, apartments and restaurant in a former mill hopes to capitalize on the momentum brought by other investments and planned projects in Skowhegan.
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Skowhegan-area school board approves $51.44M budget
President Donald Trump’s threats to cut federal funding for Maine schools played into budget deliberations this spring.