John Marden, 29, was wearing a helmet when the crash happened, police say.
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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Messalonskee High School’s robotics team competing in China
The coach was surprised and honored to get an invitation, but then again, the students have built a reputation by winning a number of awards over the years.
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Unity preschool program emphasizes importance of the outdoors
Educators borrow from a model started in Alna that found nature can benefit child development.
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Dakota the dog may get reprieve, live new life as sled dog
District Attorney Maeghan Maloney has filed a motion that would let her propose sending the dog out of state to a rescue organization instead of being euthanized.
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Gardiner man hit by car after burglarizing Waterville restaurant, police say
Timothy Bellavance, 47, is being treated for head trauma and other injuries in a Bangor hospital.
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Benton school not at risk as standoff with reportedly suicidal man ends peacefully
Maine State Police were in the area of Miller Street and River Road, nearly a half-mile away from the elementary school building, following the report of a suicidal man with a gun Wednesday morning.
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‘Spectacular little boy’ dies in canoe accident in Vassalboro
Maine game wardens say the 5-year-old suffered severe hypothermia after he and his mother toppled into Outlet Stream.
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Three arrested in Jay on drug possession, prostitution charges
A man and two women from Oakland, Penobscot and Skowhegan were arrested on multiple charges after a traffic stop Wednesday night, police said.
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Thomas College receives $5.3 million grant for new business institute
The Harold Alfond Institute for Business Innovation will provide mentors, workshops, speaker series and more at the Waterville College for students and local businesspeople.
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Man serving life sentence for Waterville murder seeks plea deal review 2 decades later
Robert Wayne Lonardo, found guilty of the murder of Marianne Pembrook in 1995, argues that his lawyer then did not ‘properly communicate’ a plea offer made at the time.