The China select board was split over whether to declare that three members of the town’s budget committee, who are firefighters or have family members who are, should recuse themselves from discussing and voting on volunteer firefighter stipends.
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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No one injured after truck loaded with wood chips rolls over in Athens
Officials believe that the driver, Elwood Yeaton III, 47, of Peru, may have navigated a turn too quickly, causing the vehicle to roll over.
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Waterville police seize $40K of drugs during Wednesday evening apartment search
Officers arrested Mayo Anthony Jones, 44, following a two-month, multi-agency investigation.
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Winslow Catholic school to close at end of year, signaling decline in area’s Catholic population
St. John Catholic School, which once had as many as 350 students enrolled in the 1960s, will close at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, with enrollment at 34 children.
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Waterville fire chief: Alleged white power gesture in photo made ‘unknowingly’
Waterville Fire Chief Shawn Esler said he investigated the allegation that a firefighter was making a hand gesture associated with “white power” in Facebook photo.
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Bird rescue group in Freedom reports death of five eagles since start of 2020, all with elevated levels of lead in blood
It takes a piece of lead the size of a grain of rice to fatally poison a bald eagle, according to the state’s raptor specialist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
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After 60 years with Oakland fire, Deputy Chief Hardy Taylor says goodbye
A public retirement party will be held at the Williams Elementary School cafeteria Saturday from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Waterville man charged in robbery of woman making deposit at Kennebec Savings Bank
Jared Quirion, 34, faces four criminal charges following the Dec. 5 incident.
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Oakland man injured after attempting to load snowmobile onto trailer, landing in road
The 22-year-old Oakland resident was transported by LifeFlight to Central Maine Medical Center on Thursday.
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Connection between fires at Troy double-wide being investigated
As the investigation continues into Saturday blaze in Troy, an official said at least one prior fire at the property was arson.