The ‘aircraft emergency’ was reported shortly before 11 a.m. Tuesday in the area of Neck Road in the Kennebec County town of Benton.
Madeline St. Amour
Madeline St. Amour covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, Vassalboro, China and Unity, as well as crime and the new Fiberight plant in Hampden. She started at the Sentinel in the spring of 2016 after graduating from the University at Albany in New York, where she worked as a stringer for the Associated Press at the Capitol bureau covering the minimum wage issue and tuition at public colleges. When she’s not in the newsroom, she enjoys trying new recipes, traveling and hiking.
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Report says Burnham woman died from artery disease-induced attack after naked intruder ‘jumped in bed’ with her
Tara Shibles, 37, of Thorndike, has been indicted on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the incident and her trial may start in December.
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Thomas College internship program connects students to community
The executive director of the new Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation wants students to get experience earlier to create a stronger tie with central Maine.
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RSU 18 board approves $13.9 million bond, including athletic complex
The larger bond will fix facilities issues, get buildings up to the state fire code and upgrade the nutrition program.
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Unity group struggles to move forward with marketing plan after funds denied
Two of three selectmen said it wasn’t the right time to hire a professional to create a strategy to ‘make Unity a destination.’
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Maine Marine among 3 killed in Osprey crash off Australia
First Lt. Benjamin Cross, 26 and a Bethel native, was an aviator aboard the tilt-rotor aircraft.
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First Riverwalk fills Newport’s need for festival
The community celebration had a ‘tremendous’ turnout for its first year, Town Manager Jim Ricker said.
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RSU 18 school board to address $3.9 million athletic complex, bringing buildings up to fire code
After a heated July meeting, the board postponed action on the project and asked the superintendent to create a five-year capital plan to encompass all facility needs.
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Waterville man on federal probation charged with drug trafficking
Patrick David Hanson, 26, was arrested after police searched his apartment Thursday.
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State police dog team finds man who fled from medical personnel
Waterville police were called to search for a man who tried to jump out of an ambulance, then escaped from EMTs once at the hospital.