Charles Eichacker

Staff Writer

Charles Eichacker covers crime and general news in the Winthrop area, but his side interests include health, politics, culture and the outdoors. A Maryland native, he first came to Maine in 2004 to attend Colby College. After several years away, including a stint teaching English in China for the Peace Corps, he returned in 2014 for a job at the Ellsworth American. He started writing for the Kennebec Journal in spring 2016. An Eagle Scout and sometimes karaoke singer, his short term life goals include running a marathon, growing tomatoes and playing “Ziggy Stardust” on guitar.

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Published
May 21, 2018

Winthrop hires former Augusta superintendent to lead school district temporarily

Cornelia “Connie” Brown, a former head of the Augusta School Department, will serve on an interim basis and replace controversial outgoing Superintendent Gary Rosenthal.
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May 20, 2018

State approves spending $26.7 million for new Monmouth middle, grade school

Regional School Unit 2 will seek bids for the project soon now that the state Board of Education approved it last week.
Published
May 17, 2018

Litchfield officials raise alarm over RSU 4 budget ahead of vote

Residents from the Regional School Unit 4 towns of Sabattus, Wales and Litchfield have given preliminary approval to the spending plan even as others signal discontent.
Published
May 17, 2018

Hundreds come to Augusta to honor fallen officers, including 2 who died in last year

The name of a Fryeburg officer who died last summer, Nathan M. Desjardins, was added to a wall memorializing those killed in line of duty.
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May 14, 2018

State trooper fatally shoots man during confrontation in town of Wales

William N. Derick, 54, was shot and killed after police responded to a report of a domestic violence incident in which a gunshot had been fired at a woman, a state police spokesman says.
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May 13, 2018

State recruiting Maine birdwatchers to collect data for atlas

A coordinator says the project will continue from 2018 to 2022 and help inform future conservation efforts.
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May 13, 2018

Work underway at site of future Farmingdale fire station

Two homes, a shed and trees have been knocked down so far on the Maine Avenue property, as town officials work on the design for the building.
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May 13, 2018

For Augusta mother, seeing a future with family, studies

Lynn Merrill, 61, who went blind about 23 years ago, delivered the student speech Saturday at the University of Maine at Augusta commencement ceremony.
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May 12, 2018

Former US Sen. George Mitchell urges UMA grads to oppose discrimination, other injustices

More than 500 graduates received degrees during a ceremony Saturday morning at the Augusta Civic Center.
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May 8, 2018

Winthrop School Board proposes $25,000 payout to embattled superintendent

The one-time payment came to light during a Town Council meeting Monday night, in which school officials discussed hiring an interim superintendent to replace Gary Rosenthal.