If approved, the $33.6 million budget proposal would represent a 2.71 percent increase over last year.
Kate McCormick
Kate McCormick is the Franklin County reporter for the Morning Sentinel. She previously worked as a general assignment reporter for the Portland Press Herald. Before moving to Maine, Kate interned with the Washington Post's investigative team, traveling to Wichita, Kan. to report for the 2016 rollout of the Post's Pulitzer Prize-winning Fatal Force series on police shootings. At the Post, Kate also worked on metro investigations including a story on evictions in the District of Columbia that led to changes in the district's eviction policies. While in D.C., Kate had the opportunity to work with a D.C.-based Frontline team on their upcoming investigative documentary and intern with American University's Investigative Reporting Workshop. A native New Yorker, she relocated to Maine just in time for winter.
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Tree crashes into Vassalboro home, injuring one
When firefighters searched the home, they found a crib in the room where the tree landed, Vassalboro Fire Chief Eric Rowe said.
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Farmington police investigate string of vehicle break-ins
Police say there have been at least 15 burglaries of unlocked cars in the past month across a large swath of the Farmington area.
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Friends, family and admirers honor longtime former China Village Fire Chief George Studley
Studley, who had been the chief for 37 years, died unexpectedly Aug. 18 in a head-on collision.
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Franklin County Chamber of Commerce kicks off inaugural Foothills Fest
The small and intimate festival was held Saturday at the Farmington Fairgrounds.
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Parade, services set for Sunday in memory of longtime China fire chief killed in car crash
George Studley, 73, who was killed in a head-on collision on U.S. Route 3 last week, will be remembered with a parade starting around noon that will cross Route 202.
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Jay man indicted on murder charge in death of longtime girlfriend
James Sweeney has been charged with “intentionally or knowingly” causing the July death of Wendy Douglass.
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First Colby College staffers move into Hains Building in downtown Waterville
The long vacant building was purchased by the college in 2015.
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Jay couple charged after allegedly using child as human shield with police
Sharron Wallace and Robert McDowell were charged with endangering the welfare of a child after police responded to a harassment call.
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Augusta conference targets ‘the war zone of poverty’
Education on the causes of poverty involves changing attitudes and language, says Gardiner woman whose personal experience of poverty spans generations.