Ordering groceries online through Hannaford To Go was a seamless process and convenient, Amy Calder writes.
Morning Sentinel
News and information from the greater Waterville area.
Waterville market worker had hepatitis A while preparing food sold to customers
The Maine Center for Disease Control and state Department of Agriculture, Conservation & Forestry are warning customers who may have purchased food from Joseph’s Market on Front Street from Dec. 27, 2019 to Jan. 9 this year that they may be at risk of being infected.
Skowhegan police chief: Come check out our ice disk this weekend
Police chief David Bucknam suggested in a Facebook post that people looking for something to do could flock to the Somerset County town for a look at the floating circle of ice that’s in the Great Eddy on the Kennebec River.
LGBTQ+ group questions Skowhegan school board about gender-neutral bathrooms
Margaret O’Connell presents statistics on the LGBTQ+ population that exists within the district and requests that the school work to create a private, gender-neutral bathroom option for students.
Clinton man pleads guilty to sexual crimes against children
Robert A. Perkins, whose wife ran a daycare out of their home, was sentenced Thursday to serve 9 years in prison for sexual contact with children.
Groups seek to boost Waterville area’s digital economy
The Central Maine Growth Council, an economic development organization, was one of 10 entities chosen to take part in a national technical assistance program that helps rural communities create digital economy jobs.
Paint can mishap might have caused fire that destroyed mobile home in Albion
The fire Tuesday night is believed to have started when the mobile home’s owner ran over a paint can with his electric wheelchair, causing paint to shoot into his stove and burst into flames.
Grand jury indicts pair on drug charges in Skowhegan
The Somerset County Grand Jury handed up indictments on Friday, including drug and assault charges.
Dana Wilde: The Australian wake-up call
Rising temperatures and resulting changes are happening faster and sooner than most scientists were predicting 30, 20, 10 or even five years ago, writes Dana Wilde.
Skowhegan bathroom-gender issue had roots in concern over online bullying, threats
A support group for LGBTQ+ students and community members says the push for changes to the school’s bathrooms began last spring, when students brought up the concerns in response to a series of Instagram posts that included derogatory language and threats.