Voters on Tuesday spoke of mayoral races in Hallowell and Waterville, and contested races elsewhere, but it was state referendum questions that had many talking.
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.
Longtime Skowhegan Town Manager Almand resigns her post
Selectmen accepted Christine Almand’s resignation at a special meeting Monday night and police Chief David Bucknam will serve as town manager in an interim capacity.
Skowhegan shared commercial kitchen project gets boost with federal grant
The nonprofit group Main Street Skowhegan will use the $99,000 grant toward opening The Kitchen at 185, a shared commercial kitchen space for startups and businesses in the region.
Skowhegan-area school superintendent named top administrator in Maine
The Maine School Superintendents Association this week named MSAD 54’s Jon Moody the superintendent of the year.