Neighbors reported the mobile home fire on Gold Street and woke up the person inside late Tuesday night, according to an fire official.
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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Vassalboro residents re-elect incumbent for selectman
Lauchlin Titus, 62, won a three-year term in a race against newcomer and small-business owner Larisa Batchelder, 38.
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China residents approve all three local referendum questions
Voters approved an ordinance banning retail marijuana establishments, as well as proposals to appropriate money to buy land and for capital cost.
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Winslow Town Council approves recycling pilot program, $2 million bond for roadwork
The council also discussed selling its industrial building and extending office hours.
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Winslow school committee to hold public presentation on consolidation project
The committee voted to approve a $10.39 million budget at its last meeting that includes construction, a performing arts center and demolition of the junior high school.
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1 man injured, 2 cars towed in Waterville crash
One driver was taken to the hospital with minor injuries, police said.
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Mount View High School graduates just under 100 students
Graduation speakers talked about the old and new journeys that sit at the crossroads of the ceremony.
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In Vassalboro selectmen’s race, longtime selectman up against political newcomer
Incumbent Lauchlin Titus, 62, is running against small-business owner Larisa Batchelder, 38, for a three-year term on the Vassalboro Board of Selectmen.
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Historical oddity ‘tramp chair’ returns to Oakland for summer
The steel cage chair, created by Oakland’s Sanford J. Baker and used for public humiliation of unwelcome people in the late 1800s, is on display at the police station and will be shown during OakFest in July.
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China residents to decide on 3 municipal referendum questions
Voters will be asked Tuesday whether they want to ban recreational marijuana establishments in their town, among other local issues.