The latest scoop from Gifford’s HomeMaine Ice Cream? The company’s CEO said this week that as repairs continue on the manufacturing plant, it’s working with two out-of-state manufacturing partners to return several select flavors of its ice cream to store shelves.
Zara Norman
Zara Norman is a reporter covering the Winslow and Oakland area for the Morning Sentinel. She graduated from Brown University in 2022, where she took classes in journalism while majoring in History and Classics. While at Brown she managed a comedy publication and interned with The Boston Globe’s Rhode Island bureau. A native to England, Zara now lives in Waterville.
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Central Maine town councilor blows whistle on ‘secret meetings’ held at chairman’s property
While councilor Jerry Quirion claims a quorum of councilors have discussed town business in secret at Peter Drapeau’s property, the chairman said the claim is false and part of a personal vendetta.
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After devastating fall ends one career, man launches new one with opening of Skowhegan cafe
Joe Almand was a Skowhegan firefighter when he suffered extensive injuries last year in a fall along the Kennebec River Gorge, but he recovered and set a new path for himself that’s led to the opening of Joe’s Flat Iron Cafe downtown.
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Madison man drowns after whitewater raft flips on West Branch of Penobscot River
The death Monday of Scott Newton, 38, was the second drowning in 48 hours in Maine.
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Madison ceremony marks return of manufacturing, and jobs, to former paper mill
Gov. Janet Mills, U.S. Sen. Susan Collins and U.S. Rep. Jared Golden were among a crowd of a few hundred Friday celebrating the work of TimberHP to restart manufacturing operations at the plant.
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Two arrested after search of Canaan home yields fentanyl, other illicit drugs, police say
Garrett Cote, 24, and Rylee Spofford, 19, were charged this week with several offenses after a search of a home on Hill Road turned up more than a pound of fentanyl, Skowhegan police said.
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Madison parents indicted in October crash that killed son, injured other children
Officials say Robert A. Simonds, 30, was driving when his family’s pickup truck hit a tree, and the children’s mother, Ashley A. Corson, 29, was indicted on the same charges for what the district attorney described as ‘accomplice liability.’
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Winslow police eye full staffing with new apprenticeship program to train officers
Town officials said the program comes after the police department has struggled to fill vacant positions for full-time officers.
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Driver, passenger injured when vehicle hits, kills moose in Jackman area
A cow moose was killed on impact when hit by a car on a road in Long Pond Township, officials said.
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Powerboaters from far and wide rev up for 3rd Annual HydroFest on the Kennebec in Fairfield
Nearly 50 powerboaters from Florida to Canada are facing off this weekend, and organizers say with some changes to the river’s edge, the event will only grow.