The garden project helps transitioning inmates gain a sense of community, while helping to feed the hungry, officials say.
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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Farmington Fair features agricultural exhibits and demonstrations
Beekeepers, spinners, blacksmiths and more will be at the fair all week.
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Suspect in armed robbery at Waterville business still at large, police say
Scotty’s Pizza was robbed by a suspect with a weapon Saturday. Police aren’t releasing details at this time.
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New Winslow Parks and Recreation director has goals, hopes for future
Amanda McCaslin, 33, said she loves Winslow and hopes to improve the department for the town.
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Central Maine farmers carry produce from State House to Augusta Food Bank in ‘parade to end hunger’
The Maine Farm Bureau organized the parade to raise awareness that Maine is one of the most insecure food states in the nation.
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Waterville woman arrested after police allegedly find her children living in a ‘squalor’
Elizabeth O’Neil, 23, was arrested on multiple charges Thursday after police also allegedly found drug paraphernalia in her High Street apartment.
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Unity sidewalk repair money OK’d at special Town Meeting
Other warrant articles — including proposals to use TIF funds to help buy a vehicle for the Unity Fire Department and improve the Kanokolus Boat Launch area and a proposal to use surplus money to buy heat pumps for the Town Office — were also approved at the meeting.
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China Planning Board votes to send revised sign, buildings rules to select board
The select board, which meets Monday, can now choose to put the ordinance changes on the Nov. 8 election ballot.
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Fairfield arrests net $6,000 worth of heroin, police say
Kristen Leigh Johansen, 30, of Anson, was arrested on drug charges after Officer Jordan Brooks allegedly found 31 grams of heroin in her car.
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Unity to hold special Town Meeting on sidewalk repairs
A new vehicle for the Fire Department and heat pumps for the Town Office are also on the warrant for the special meeting on Wednesday.