Research has found that once a contamination source is removed from a farm, PFAS levels in livestock will drop to the point that products derived from the animals can be sold to consumers, officials said at a public forum last week.
Kaitlyn Budion
Kaitlyn Budion covers Fairfield, Benton, Clinton, Albion, Pittsfield and the surrounding area for the Morning Sentinel. She is a 2020 graduate of Northeastern University's School of Journalism. While at Northeastern she worked with a variety of outlets, including Somerville Media Center, the Groundtruth project, the Massachusetts State House News Service, and News@Northeastern. A native Minnesotan, Kaitlyn now lives in Waterville.
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Early round of PFAS testing of groundwater finds 75% of Maine sites within safe levels
The state last year tested more than 1,600 private wells seen as high-priority sites, and inspectors this year will test hundreds more for groundwater contamination.
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Thomas College to receive $974,000 in federal money to expand cybersecurity program
The Waterville college is positioning itself to graduate an increasing number of information security analysts to fill available positions in a burgeoning, potentially lucrative field.
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Maine farmers honored for speaking out against PFAS contamination
The farmers who received the Paul Birdsall Award from Maine Farmland Trust have been impacted by PFAS contamination and have spoken publicly about their experiences and advocated for more financial support for fellow farmers.
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‘Armed and dangerous’ man was hiding in Waterville attic when arrested, police say
Diego Martinez, 31, of Massachusetts was arrested early Monday, capping a manhunt that lasted more than five weeks after he eluded police in Sabattus.
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Man robs Camden National Bank in downtown Oakland
This is the second Camden National Bank robbery in less than 2 weeks in central Maine.
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Police: Massachusetts man arrested after high-speed chase ends in Newport
Eddie Rivera, 43, was driving a stolen 2001 Toyota Corolla when he led police on the chase Tuesday that began in Bangor, according to officials.
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Court considers sentence remedy after judge’s error in central Maine shootout case
Richard Murray-Burns was sentenced in March to decades in prison for the 2019 shooting and police chase that began in Waterville, but a judge’s procedural error has led the court to reconsider the sentence.
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FBI seized apparent Native American scalp from Fairfield auction house, document shows
Agents were acting on a tip when they searched Poulin’s Antiques & Auctions Inc. in May and confiscated what they believe to be a human scalp, according to an FBI affidavit unsealed this week.
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As hunting season ramps up, state officials broaden testing for ‘forever chemicals’ in fish and wildlife
Part of the strategy for agencies like the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife is to use Fairfield as something of a case study to guide future testing in other regions of the state.