Andrew and Tina Chartrand held an open house Monday for their residence on Monument Street, which just took in residents in October.
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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Future MOFGA certification chief lives in straw bale house, strives to set example through work, lifestyle
Chris Grigsby, who now works for the Crown O’ Maine Cooperative, lives in a straw bale house in Appleton that’s in keeping with an organic way of life.
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False alarm at Waterville Wal-Mart causes evacuation
Originally there were reports of a fire, but fire officials say they were a result of a broken alarm sensor that is going to be replaced.
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Oakland Sewer Department starts work to curb ‘clean’ water infiltration
The town has to pay to pump its sewerage to Waterville, which can get expensive if enough groundwater seeps in and costs taxpayers more money.
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Two similar Farmington crashes reported on Wilton Road within one day
Police say the offending drivers in both cases seemed not to be paying attention to their driving, causing the U.S. Route 2 crashes.
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Waterville police arrest two who allegedly had $13,000 worth of narcotics
Ruben Rincon and Amanda Sanipas were arrested on charges of aggravated drug trafficking after police executed at search warrant at their apartment at the Home Place Inn in Waterville.
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Clinton residents vote to allow the state to award agency liquor licenses to local stores
Stores will be able to sell hard liquor to go every day but Sundays.
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Incumbent, Budget Committee member win Oakland Town Council seats
Michael Perkins and Harold Buzzell Jr. were both elected to three-year seats in the Town Council on Tuesday.
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Winslow residents elect Ken Fletcher, Jeff West to Town Council
The incumbent and the former Fourth of July Committee member won two three-year seats on the council.
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Vassalboro rejects proposals for sidewalks, zoning changes
The sidewalk project would have been done in tandem with a planned state reconstruction of Route 32 from South China to Winslow.