Polls for the municipal election are scheduled to be open Tuesday, June 11, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. at the Old Point Avenue School.
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.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Madison residents to review moratorium spurred by proposed methadone clinic, medical marijuana ordinance
At Monday’s town meeting, voters also are expected to review a proposed $4.26 million budget for 2024-25, which represents a 5% increase over the budget approved last year.
advertisement
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Residents at Skowhegan town meeting to weigh in on new TIF district, proposed $17.84 million budget
The proposed spending plan is up approximately 2.61% over the budget approved last year.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Illegal marijuana grows tied to China are funding fentanyl that’s ‘killing our citizens,’ Somerset County sheriff says
Sheriff Dale Lancaster told the county’s Board of Commissioners that his office has made investigating illegal marijuana growing operations a priority because ‘those profits are used to buy the chemicals to send to the cartel to make fentanyl.’
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Logging truck rolls onto side, spills load in Cambridge
No injuries were reported Wednesday in connection with the crash, which occurred at about 10 a.m. on the Main Street bridge over Cambridge Pond, officials said.
Posted inBusiness, Health, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Skowhegan hospital looks to build medical office building
Redington-Fairview General Hospital has submitted a proposal to the town’s Planning Board for a three-story, 24,000-square-foot building and expanded parking.
Posted inLocal & State, Maine Crime, Morning Sentinel, News
Federal lawsuit alleges wrongful death of Somerset County Jail inmate who died from drug exposure
The lawsuit, filed four days before a similar complaint regarding a jail inmate who died by suicide, alleges that Mitchell Watson of Dexter was exposed to lethal drugs inside the Madison jail and was not given proper medical attention.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Build Maine conference to draw experts, economic development officials to Skowhegan for 3rd year
An expected 250 attendees will attend planned workshops and presentations focused on topics related to development, housing, transportation and other concepts that they can apply locally, organizers say.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Madison wood insulation manufacturer to expand distribution in U.S., Canada under new partnership
TimberHP, a division of Belfast-based GO Lab Inc., revived a former Madison Paper Industries mill, and is now partnering with CertainTeed Inc.
Posted inLocal & State, Morning Sentinel, News
Committee, commissioners OK Somerset County budget, overall 3.1% tax increase for 2024-25
The increase comes after taxpayers were hit with a 9.8% increase last year, due largely to an increase in wages and inflation in the costs of materials and services, according to officials.