The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
Meg Robbins
Meg Robbins covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, China and Vassalboro for the Morning Sentinel. Though she grew up in New Jersey, her ties to Maine reach back generations. Meg’s work has appeared in the Vineyard Gazette, Pine Tree Watch, NJ Spotlight and various other outlets. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Meg began working for the Morning Sentinel in Sept. 2018 after living in South Africa for a year, where she produced a documentary about stand-up comedy. She geeks out over “Saturday Night Live,” movies, cats and good coffee.
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Caribbean jazz, home-cooked brunch rock Snow Pond Center for the Arts audience
Students at the 10-day intensive Caribbean Jazz Institute at the Sidney-based arts camp performed for a central Maine audience Saturday morning.
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Five displaced after Waterville home burns down
No injuries were reported following the blaze on Mae Terrace early Saturday morning.
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Fort Halifax Days to ‘bring history alive’ at former Massachusetts Bay Colony outpost in Winslow
The fifth annual Fort Halifax Days will take place Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the national historic landmark off U.S. 201.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Local businesses chip in to reduce Oakland fire station costs by $64,000
Voters approved a $2.6 million plan to build a 12,000-square-foot fire station; now local businesses are helping reduce the taxpayer burden.
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Oakland-area business owners, officials speak to Golden about labor, broadband
The congressman visited Mount Vernon, Oakland and Gardiner for a “listening tour” Friday afternoon.
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Local foundation to build outdoor reading space at Oakland Public Library
Town councilors approved the gift from the ShineOn Cass Foundation at a meeting Wednesday.
Posted inLocal & State, Schools and Education
Oakland-based district, Winslow, Vassalboro voters approve school districts’ budgets
All seven towns will preserve the budget validation referendum process for the next three years
Posted inLocal & State, News, Schools and Education
For Mid-Maine Regional Adult Ed graduate, online courses provided path to college
Amanda Landry, 23, earned her high school diploma from the Waterville-based Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education program Tuesday night, a ticket to the next stage of her life.
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China residents reject plan for emergency services building
Townspeople voted against the proposal, 332-72, which had called for the town spending up to $25,000 of its undesignated funds to “contract for the engineering and costing” of the building.