China residents also voted on three local referendums that involved building a fire pond, donations to nonprofits and renting space on the town’s communications tower.
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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RSU 18 bond appears to be passing
The $13.9 million bond was passing with a vote of 3,054-2,079 in four of the five towns in the district.
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Fire leaves home in Waterville ‘uninhabitable’
Firefighters determined shorted electrical wiring started the fire.
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China residents to decide three questions Nov. 7
Fire pond construction, nonprofit financial statements and renting tower space are all on the table in the election.
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‘Unprecedented’ storm leaves thousands still without power in central Maine, flooding in some areas
In the storm’s wake, a Rome official also is criticizing a local school district as ‘negligent’ for reopening school despite widespread damage on roads.
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Vassalboro man brings Halloween tradition from his home to the Olde Mill
Don Breton designs the haunted house each year within the mill, which draws more than 1,000 people.
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Three vie for open seat on Vassalboro select board
The term will last until the annual spring Town Meeting, when another election will be held for a three-year term.
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Waterville father charged with assault after confronting boy who pushed daughter
James L. Beaulieu II, 33, allegedly used a piece of strapping to fight a 14-year-old boy and his brother.
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Tens of thousands in central Maine still without power in storm’s wake
Approximately 62 percent of Central Maine Power and Emera Maine customers were without power by late Monday afternoon.
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Lorimer Chapel at Colby hosts celebration for 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation
Congregations from area churches all gathered at the chapel to sing in celebration.