The Gardiner store was locked down and closed for about 2 hours Friday because of the threat, local police said.
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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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.
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Madison addiction treatment clinic moving ahead with new location
Acadia Healthcare has contacted town officials to begin the application process under a new ordinance to open its clinic at the Madison Business Gateway, Town Manager Denise Ducharme said.
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Case against former Anson-Madison Water District superintendent stays alive
Michael Corson, 55, had asked for the charge to be dropped in March.
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Hartland death under investigation by state police
Major crimes detectives are investigating the death of a woman Saturday at a residence on the Canaan Road in Hartland.