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Somerset County commissioner vacancy triggers municipal caucus

by Jake Freudberg October 6, 2025October 6, 2025

County officials are looking for nominations of interested candidates from District 2, which includes Anson, Madison, Mercer, New Portland and Smithfield.

Amy Calder, Local & State, News

She’s worked at Waterville McDonald’s 50 years | Column

by Amy Calder September 18, 2025September 19, 2025

LouAnn Lindie, 66, started working at the restaurant on Main Street when she was 16 and never left.

Amy Calder, Columns, Local & State, Op-Eds

Mercer woman uses her art to benefit animals | Column

by Amy Calder September 12, 2025September 12, 2025

Cindy Bolduc creates crafts and places them in a cabinet by the road for free but notes that if people want to leave a donation, she will give it to the Somerset Humane Society.

Local & State, Maine Crime, News

Skowhegan man sentenced to 7 years for sexual abuse of teenage girls

by Jake Freudberg August 7, 2025August 7, 2025

A jury found Douglas Perkins, 32, guilty of five Class C counts of sexual abuse of a minor following a June trial.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education

Skowhegan school demolition plans prompt search for ‘time capsule’

by Jake Freudberg June 11, 2025June 11, 2025

It turns out what the group of former teachers remembered as a time capsule was likely instead notes students wrote inside the columns of an archway art project.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News, Schools and Education

Skowhegan-area voters approve $51.44 million school budget

by Jake Freudberg May 22, 2025October 6, 2025

The MSAD 54 budget, which goes to voters again in a June referendum, comes with an overall property tax increase of just about 2%.

Boys Basketball, Sports, Varsity Maine

Brian Jones stepping down as Skowhegan AD; Tom Nadeau out as boys basketball coach

by Mike Mandell May 19, 2025May 19, 2025

Jones had been athletic director since 2022, Nadeau coach since 2013.

Business, Central Maine Eats, Food & Dining, Local & State, Morning Sentinel, News

Home Baked in Mercer has dinner ready to go

by Jake Freudberg April 21, 2025April 21, 2025

The new business, run by a husband-and-wife duo out of the kitchen at the Mercer Community Center, offers ready-to-bake meals for pickup and delivery each week.