Shopowners in Waterville and Oakland took part in Small Business Saturday to promote local shopping, which often feeds more money back into the local and state economies.
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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Juvenile arrested on multiple charges involving alcohol after causing accident on Ticonic Bridge
The 16-year-old was driving without a license, according to police, and had liquor and marijuana.
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Central Maine communities studying ways to help senior residents
Towns such as China and Vassalboro are forming committees and making plans for surveys to analyze hurdles for seniors such as transportation, health care or social activities.
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Duane Cloutier
The Waterville detective is on the front lines of city drug cases, compelled to help children and parents.
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Waterville nonprofit pleads for donations to fill half of its Christmas boxes
The Maine Children’s Home for Little Wanderers sends out boxes filled with donated toys and clothes for needy children across Maine, but it is struggling to attract enough donations to fill all the boxes by its deadline.
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Oakland’s lack of zoning complicates push for marijuana restrictions
The Town Council is leaning toward Oakland becoming a ‘dry town’ to block retail stores and social clubs.
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Waterville police deem cause of death ‘undetermined’ in case of body found in river
Lexxi T. Sironen, 43, was found dead in the Kennebec River near the Hathaway Creative Center in September, and the medical examiner’s office couldn’t determine her cause of death.
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Hunter settles out of court with Starks landowner in 2012 shooting incident
Robert Pond of Hartford agreed to pay an undisclosed amount to Kerry Hebert, whom he accidentally shot in the side during a dispute over where he and his group could hunt.
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Vassalboro residents still skeptical as alewife group pushes removal of Masse Dam
Residents are now calling into question whether the small fish were ever in China Lake in the first place.
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Clinton school begins replacing fixtures after high lead, copper levels found in water
The elementary school is providing bottled water to students and is hoping to get things back to normal by December.