Council unanimous in accepting recommendation to OK applications to conserve land in exchange for ‘support payments’
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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Woman taken to hospital after snowmobile crash in West Forks
Charlene Bloss, 45, went off the trail and then got stuck under her snowmobile, the Maine Warden Service said.
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At least one driver in wrong-way Pittsfield highway crash still in critical condition
Tristan Kaldenberg, 19, of Massachusetts, was flown by LifeFlight helicopter to a Bangor hospital after colliding with Hugh Brawn, 70, of Clinton, who was driving the wrong way on Interstate 95.
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Tax relief questions snag Winslow’s groundbreaking farm support program
The town’s agricultural commission is asking for full rebates for the first two applicants, but one town councilor disagrees.
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Executive director of the Kennebec Regional Development Authority to resign
Brad Jackson, who began in 2013, will be leaving his position at the end of the month.
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At Unity College farm, lamb triplets a first for barn livestock
Heritage Livestock Barn manager Meg Anderson said finding lamb triplets was ‘a real surprise,’ and they were named after national parks and monuments: Mammoth, Mojave and McKinley.
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Unity residents debate whether recreational marijuana would help or hinder town
Some say the town could get new businesses, while others say the town shouldn’t have anything to do with it.
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Rome residents to vote on increased budget, academic exploratory committee
This year’s proposed budget is up 11.6 percent from last year’s, mainly because of roadwork expenses, officials said.
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Hazardous Branch Pond Mill in China to come down this month
An official with the Atlantic Salmon Federation said he is ‘confident’ the demolition will be completed, as the conservation group aims to create a fish passageway that will allow migratory fish to travel through.
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Waterville police charge 2 men with felonies in separate domestic violence cases
James Buffington, 36, and Robert Carson, 22, were arrested Monday after allegedly assaulting or threatening their partners, police said.