‘I remember coming down here as a kid,’ one resident says of Bunker’s Garage, a Cambridge staple that was destroyed in a Dec. 11 fire.
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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Snow, speed contribute to fatal crash in New Portland
A 21-year-old Hampden man is killed when his pickup truck leaves the road and hits trees.
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Central Maine man succumbs to injuries suffered in crash Friday
Sheldon Woodard, 76, had served in the Army and worked as a mechanic for many years.
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Waterville ski area kicks off its season
Quarry Road Trails has produced snow and hopes the storm delivers enough to open all 6 miles of trails.
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Diverse groups rally in Waterville to move ‘forward together’
They call for coalition building after the election.
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Maine dairy farmers take step toward automation, calves first
The machines dispense a milk replacement to calves 5 quarts at a time, but farmers haven’t yet made the switch to milking machines.
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After further testing, schools in Benton, Clinton taken off bottled water
The schools replaced all fixtures after tests revealed lead and copper levels higher than the federal action level for schools.
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Waterville native on Standing Rock: ‘We still need to fight’
Having joined the Dakota Access pipeline protest over Thanksgiving, she praises the Army Corps’ move to block the route.
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Mainers urged to be vigilant as online hackers thrive
A forum at Thomas College emphasizes the need for greater cybersecurity training.
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Mainers plan to take part in Women’s March on Washington
More than 1,700 plan to travel to D.C. on inauguration weekend to rally and protest.