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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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Case against former Anson-Madison Water District superintendent continues with new indictment
Michael Corson, 55, of Madison was indicted on one Class C count of aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy, a charge that prosecutors filed after they dismissed several counts of theft before Corson’s trial in March.
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Madison Planning Board allows ordinance restricting outpatient addiction clinics
The ordinance, if approved by the Board of Selectmen and residents, would restrict locations of outpatient treatment centers and clinics to a stretch of U.S. Route 201 and the east side of the Madison Business Gateway business park.
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Bread the focus of conference and fair this week in Skowhegan
The two-day Kneading Conference is set for Thursday and Friday in downtown Skowhegan, followed by the Maine Artisan Bread Fair on Saturday at the Skowhegan State Fairgrounds.
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Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds St. Albans man’s child sexual assault conviction
Corey W. Farley, now 33, was sentenced to 23 years in prison after a Somerset County jury found him guilty of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact.
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Madison residents can weigh in on addiction clinic ordinance
A public hearing on the Planning Board’s proposal for an ordinance restricting the locations of outpatient addiction treatment centers and clinics is scheduled for Tuesday night.
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Mobile home park proposed for site of former Skowhegan Drive-In Theatre
The town’s Planning Board discussed preliminary plans Tuesday for a 32-lot mobile home park during a pre-application review.
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Skowhegan man sentenced to 20 years for robbing Madison Big Apple store
Raymond Ellis, 35, is was found guilty by a jury in June.
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Canaan Select Board stands by controversial Lake George Regional Park board appointments, citing legal advice
At a meeting Monday night, the board also re-appointed a Canaan resident who served previously on the park’s board to take the spot of a new appointee who submitted her resignation.
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Industry woman dead after single-vehicle crash in Anson
Valerie Hoyt, 58, crashed her vehicle off Starks Road in Anson Monday evening, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.