City officials are conducting public hearings about marijuana and snow shoveling regulations.
Sam Shepherd
Sam Shepherd covers general news in the Hallowell and Farmingdale area. He grew up in Hallowell, attending Hall-Dale High School and later the University of Maine. He previously worked at the Mount Desert Islander in Bar Harbor before moving home to work for the Kennebec Journal in summer 2018. His interests include cooking, tracking down the best local food and drink and soccer.
Posted inLocal & State
Hallowell officials to meet regarding halted sidewalk
City and Department of Transportation officials, Lucky Garden owners and property abutters have been invited to the meeting ‘for the purposes of fact finding.’
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Posted inLocal & State
Monmouth man reflects on experience at Pearl Harbor
Jim Paradis, 98, went from riding horses to school in Norridgewock to flying state-of-the-art planes in World War II to serving meals in his community.
Posted inLife & Culture, Local & State
Augusta teen to be featured on “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
Seventeen-year old Benjamin Lucarelli’s rope swing mishap will be featured on the television show Sunday.
Posted inLocal & State
Dangerous divot to be fixed; Farmingdale to receive credit for abandoned paving
A terse meeting and a handshake between selectmen and contractors heralds the end of construction season.
Posted inLocal & State, Nation & World, Politics
Mainers rally in Augusta to support Mueller probe after Sessions ouster
Dozens gathered on the steps of the State House to cite their dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump having forced his attorney general to quit.
Posted inCops & Courts, Local & State, Maine Crime
Augusta police, bystanders wrangle chicken-at-large
Animal Control Officer Paul Frye said he has received a couple dozen chicken complaints since he started in August.
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
Whitefield voters pass new junkyard ordinance, dam policy ordinance
Town cracks down on ‘junky yards’, implements rules for recreational area around demolished dam
Posted inElections, Local & State, Politics
Wynne prevails in Hallowell’s Ward 5; Walker, Aucoin, Dufour also elected to City Council
Newcomer Patrick Wynne, who beat four-term incumbent Lisa Harvey McPherson, will take over as Ward 5 councilor in January.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State
Contractor hits back at Farmingdale’s ‘ludicrous’ claims of dangerous roads
A C.H. Stevenson representative says a section of road that town officials found risky is ‘hardly’ a dangerous situation.