“I feel like our right to clean water has been ripped away from us,” said Ashley Gooldrup, a homeowner on the Howe Road in Fairfield whose well has been contaminated with forever chemicals.
Molly Shelly
Molly Shelly covers the Fairfield beat for the Morning Sentinel. Molly recently earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University where she worked as a reporter/photographer for the campus sports site Owls247.com. While at Temple Molly also fulfilled multiple internships with news outlets such as NBC Sports Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and WBCB 1490 am. A native of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Molly now resides in Waterville.
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Mid-Maine Technical Center in Waterville reports case of COVID-19
Close contacts to the person who tested positive include three Waterville Senior High School students.
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Fairfield-area high school declares COVID-19 outbreak, Skowhegan Middle reports positive case
Lawrence High School in Fairfield has reported five cases of COVID-19 since the beginning of the school year while Skowhegan Area Middle School reported a staff member had come down with the disease.
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Thorndike-based RSU 3 postpones return to four-day, in-person learning
Superintendents of Fairfield-based Maine School Administrative District 49 and Waterville Public Schools announced additional positive cases of COVID-19.
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Fairfield- and Unity-based school districts report COVID-19 infections
The cases were reported in Maine School Administrative District 49 and Regional School Unit 3.
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Year in review: ‘Forever chemicals’ contaminate Fairfield wells
Residents impacted by the contamination of water and farmland in Fairfield are looking to file a class-action lawsuit in 2021 while the town plans to continue providing bottled water.
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Christmas meals served curbside by Unity food pantry
Volunteers with The Open Door dish out and deliver 120 meals Christmas Eve.
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Fairfield-, Unity-area school districts report more cases of COVID-19
Regional School Unit 3 and Maine School Administrative District 49 both reported one new case of COVID-19 this week.
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Warm, windy and wet Christmas forecast for central Maine region
Communities across Central Maine can expect more than 2 inches of rain and wind gusts up to 50 mph, with officials saying flooding and power outages are possible.
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Kennebec Valley Community College receives $1 million gift from Lunder Foundation
The $1 million gift will go toward the KVCC Foundation Lunder Scholars Endowment, which gives needs-based scholarships to KVCC students.