The harvesting is expected to bring the town committee about $8,000.
Madeline St. Amour
Madeline St. Amour covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, Vassalboro, China and Unity, as well as crime and the new Fiberight plant in Hampden. She started at the Sentinel in the spring of 2016 after graduating from the University at Albany in New York, where she worked as a stringer for the Associated Press at the Capitol bureau covering the minimum wage issue and tuition at public colleges. When she’s not in the newsroom, she enjoys trying new recipes, traveling and hiking.
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Statewide council begins to review Maine laws on dangerous dogs
A series of dog attacks raised concerns, while Gov. LePage’s pardon of a dog also drew attention.
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Second appeal filed over court order dooming Dakota the dog
As advocates and animal lovers across the country watch the case, the dog’s original owner says it’s ‘screwed up’ that Gov. LePage joked he should be euthanized.
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New York man arrested in Waterville on warrant, drug trafficking charges
Kendu Watts, 19, was arrested Wednesday on First Rangeway during an orchestrated traffic stop that police said netted 43.5 grams of crack cocaine and 14.3 grams of heroin.
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Dakota the dog saved by appeal in final hour
The Husky that got a pardon from Gov. LePage may also get another day in court – this time the state’s highest.
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Judge refuses to stop euthanization order for Dakota the dog
The Husky was ‘pardoned’ by the governor, but the DA says that action was ‘irrelevant.’
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Maine agency offers help in case of dog sentenced to die but ‘pardoned’ by LePage
The Animal Welfare Program says it’s interested in the case because of its possible implications on animal welfare law, before a court hearing scheduled Tuesday.
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Bill to cut excise tax opposed by Maine cities and towns
The proposal to cut the tax on motor vehicles in half over five years would benefit poor Mainers, its proponents say.
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Unity woman allegedly left 5 kids in running minivan while at salon for 1½ hours
Melissa J. Bagley, 32, who is charged with child endangerment, allegedly left the children, ages 3 and under, in the van with the windows cracked while she got her hair done.
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Waterville neighborhood latest to be targeted with KKK fliers
City police received about a half-dozen reports about Ku Klux Klan fliers being left in driveways, coming about two months after similar reports in Gardiner, Augusta and Freeport.