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Local & State, Local Government, Morning Sentinel

Skowhegan voters adopt $15.7 million municipal budget at Town Meeting

by Taylor Abbott June 14, 2022June 14, 2022

The budget includes the largest single payment the town will make on the planned public safety building, for which construction will begin later this month.

Business, Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Canaan business is rolling the dough

by Taylor Abbott June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

The Good Crust, which makes pizza dough using grains only from Maine, began as a startup in Skowhegan before moving earlier this year to Canaan.

Local & State, Local Government, Morning Sentinel

Skowhegan residents to consider $15.7 million municipal budget at Town Meeting

by Taylor Abbott June 8, 2022June 9, 2022

One of the largest spending items in the budget is nearly $592,000 that must be paid on the public safety building that will be constructed beginning this year.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Police recover body of Fairfield man from Kennebec River in Skowhegan

by Taylor Abbott June 6, 2022June 8, 2022

Body of David Kufeldt, 52, found Sunday in river, and the circumstances around his death do not appear to be suspicious, according to police.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Conservation group looks to rewild Skowhegan preserve

by Taylor Abbott May 29, 2022May 31, 2022

Dr. Ann Dorney and Somerset Woods Trustees are looking to return the 27-acre Parsons Family Preserve to its natural state and have it serve as an educational space for people to visit and enjoy.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Removal of art display brings into focus century-old Skowhegan labor strike

by Taylor Abbott May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

Some on social media recently criticized Skowhegan Savings Bank after an art display was removed from the building that depicted a 1907 strike, but the bank says it only sought to have another display featured because it better represented the bank’s history.

Local & State, Morning Sentinel

Public health officials warn of possible hepatitis A exposure at Skowhegan Walmart

by Taylor Abbott May 24, 2022May 24, 2022

A person who worked in the deli section of the store was found to have been sick with the contagious liver disease this month, according to the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention.