A man and a woman face drug trafficking charges following a two-year investigation.
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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Audience gets rowdy at debate on marijuana referendum at Unity College
Two advocates take questions about Maine’s Question 1, which aims to legalize recreational marijuana use.
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Winslow may lead effort to offer farmers tax relief
It could be the first town in Maine to employ the program that gives landowners ‘farm support payments.’
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Retesting shows lead level in water mysteriously dropped at central Maine school
An initial round of tests last week showed an extremely high lead level in water coming from three faucets at Benton Elementary School.
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About 100 gather for emotional dedication of Canaan Veterans Memorial
The memorial includes names of people who lived in Canaan when they were drafted or they enlisted and goes as far back as the Revolutionary War.
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Winslow poised to strengthen dog ordinance
The proposal, which would raise fines and require owners of dangerous canines to carry liability insurance, was introduced after a woman was injured and her pet killed in a dog attack in August.
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Winslow poultry vaccine manufacturer invests in composting facility
Elanco, which owns Lohmann Animal Health, says the facility will save money and will improve its waste efficiency.
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Waterville pizza shop robbery investigation continues
Jason Bard, co-owner with his mother of Scotty’s Pizza, says he doesn’t think a local would have perpetrated the armed holdup.
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Reentry Center inmates grow produce for Waldo County needy
In a jail success story, at least six residents at a time help to raise 75,000 pounds of food each year.
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Body cameras catch on with central Maine police
Winslow and other communities say the cameras are proving popular with officers.