Fisher, a local businessman, has volunteered thousands of hours with the chamber since joining in 2007
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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University of Maine at Farmington students host ‘Addiction in Our Community’ event
Students in the school’s Addiction Rehabilitation program created the event to help campus and community recovery effort as the state continues to grapple with record numbers of overdose deaths.
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Advocacy groups link suicide of WCSH meteorologist to sex assault report
Apparently relying on speculation by a radio talk show and two websites, the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Maine’s National Alliance on Mental Illness issued a joint statement saying Tom Johnston “is being investigated for a reported sexual assault,” but police won’t confirm that, saying the case is still under investigation.
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Rangeley Planning Board approves controversial concrete plant
The board requested numerous changes to the plan for the Cemetery Hill commercial subdivision before issuing its conditional use permit.
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Falls General Store fire in Farmington ruled arson
State fire investigators are seeking additional information from the public.
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Waterville-area students, residents and clergy rally against the Ku Klux Klan
A group of more than 100 protesters gathered on the steps of Waterville’s City Hall in response to KKK-branded fliers discovered earlier this week.
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Rangeley concrete plant proposal moves forward after appeals board finding
The Rangeley Zoning Board of Appeals has upheld its earlier finding that the plant proposed by M&H Construction would be permitted under the town’s zoning ordinance.
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Farmington voters approve $5.8 million budget at Town Meeting
The budget represents a significant increase from recommended totals following an outpouring of support for the town’s Public Works Department and library.
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Farmington residents OK $250,000 more for public works at Town Meeting
The vote at Monday’s night’s annual Town Meeting followed impassioned pleas from the department’s foreman and director to about 120 residents in attendance.
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Facing budget crisis, Farmington’s library looks at cuts to staff, hours
Even with its full 2017 budget request, the library would be forced to reduce its operating hours by 21 percent, the director said.