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Jason Pafundi
Jason Pafundi, a native Floridian who moved to Maine from Los Angeles in August 2015 with his wife, covers Hallowell, Togus, education and religion. He began his career at the Kennebec Journal in November 2015 after freelancing for the Portland Press Herald for several months.
Pafundi graduated from the University of Florida earlier this century and has taught high school English, coached varsity basketball and worked in media relations for the New York Rangers.
The diehard Mets and Redskins fan is a sports, movies, music and television fanatic who enjoys discussing current events, history and pop culture. He’s attended two Super Bowls, two World Series, a Stanley Cup Final and has seen Elton John in concert 13 times and counting.
Pafundi’s modest goals for 2017 including cutting back on his cheese consumption.
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144 seniors graduate from Augusta’s Cony High School
Just like the prologue in a book, high school is only the beginning, the class valedictorian says.
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Wiscasset drops its long fight against state’s Route 1 plan, and now faces the legal bills
The town has not yet said whether it will accept a resident’s offer to help pay legal costs that could approach $100,000.
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Wiscasset residents vote to end lawsuit against Maine Department of Transportation
The town had sued to force the state to get local approvals before moving forward with a controversial project to ease traffic congestion on Route 1.
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Wiscasset attorneys argue for injunction on state’s traffic-control plan
The town sued the Maine Department of Transportation last year, contending the state backed away from earlier promises about the project and said it doesn’t have to follow local ordinances.
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Augusta Holocaust center director leaving to hike Appalachian Trail
Liz Helitzer, who has held the post based at the University of Maine at Augusta for the last six years, says she will then start a graduate school program in Ireland.
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Hallowell Planning Board approves final plan to relocate Dummer House
The city plans to build a 22-space parking lot on the building’s footprint to ease a parking shortage downtown.
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Maine’s colder-than-usual temperatures increase flood risk
The longer the state has low temperatures, the greater the threat of a quick melt that could cause flooding.
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Hallowell candy store sees sweet opportunity to go mobile
Scrummy Afters’ owners hope to have their shop on the road to fairs and other events in April.
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At Augusta boat show, these are not your grandparents’ pontoons
The extravagant watercraft have seating for 12 to 16 passengers, multiple spaces for sunbathers and ample storage.