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PublishedApril 6, 2019
Records: Before Indians mascot vote, Skowhegan board wrestled with concerns over legal cost, secret meetings, civility
School board members were documenting and ingesting piles of research and public comments while also dealing with legal worries in the weeks leading up to their decision to retire the "Indians" nickname, according to emails obtained by the Morning Sentinel through a public records request.
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PublishedApril 4, 2019
Fire rips through Skowhegan apartment building, sending tenants scrambling to rescue pets
Tenants were distraught as they fled the three-story, 11-unit apartment building at 378 Water St., with some reporting they had lost everything in the blaze.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
Longtime Skowhegan Savings Bank president and CEO John Witherspoon to retire this year
David Cyr, executive vice president, has been appointed by the bank’s board of directors as the bank’s new president.
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PublishedMarch 27, 2019
Skowhegan police chief wants to retire department’s Vietnam-era rifles, get new ones
Police Chief David Bucknam will seek bid costs for 15 new AR-15 rifles to replace the older models for every officer in the department.
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PublishedMarch 26, 2019
Skowhegan’s committee studying additional bridge agrees to add member
Joel Greenwood, a planner at the Kennebec Valley Council of Governments, will assist the 10-member Second Bridge Committee in studying a proposal for another local site for a bridge over the Kennebec River.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Skowhegan man summoned after motorcycle crash in Norridgewock
John Kresage was driving an unregistered motorcycle Sunday on Madison Road when it struck a pot hole and crashed into a guardrail, according to Somerset County sheriff's Chief Deputy James F. Ross.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Voices supporting bill to ban Native American nicknames, mascots outnumber opponents at Augusta hearing
Members of the public, including a number of advocates for keeping the Skowhegan Indian nickname, packed the hearing to offer their views on the emotionally charged issue.
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PublishedMarch 25, 2019
Bill would ban use of Indian mascots in Maine public schools
Lawmakers will take public testimony Monday, less than a week after Skowhegan residents called on their school board to restore 'Indians' as the school mascot.
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PublishedMarch 24, 2019
Bill Nemitz: Skowhegan should listen to the real Indians
The town's bellowing die-hards aren't 'mighty' – they're just clueless.
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PublishedMarch 22, 2019
Hospice Volunteers of Somerset County, turning 30 this year, looks for new headquarters
Kim DeMerchant, a member of the board of directors and secretary for Hospice Volunteers, used the services when her mother became ill in 2016.
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