David Warren

Morning Sentinel

David is the Morning Sentinel's city editor. He joined the staff in Waterville in August of 2021, arriving from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he was the public safety editor. Prior to working for the Missouri paper, David served as the supervisory breaking news staffer for The Associated Press based in Dallas; as executive editor of The Bristol Press & The New Britain Herald in Connecticut; city editor of the Globe-News in Amarillo, Texas; and deputy metro editor at The Sun in San Bernardino, California. He’s no stranger to Maine: early in his career, David served as city editor of the Kennebec Journal, wire editor at the Portland Press Herald and as a copy editor at the Sun Journal.

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Published
June 9, 2023

Forged by challenges of pandemic, resilient Messalonskee grads move on to next adventure

More than 150 Messalonskee High School seniors graduated Thursday and one administrator said they displayed a “tenacity and steadfastness” during unprecedented times in their high school careers.
Published
June 8, 2023

Unity public charter school holds first graduation

The first graduating seniors at the Ecology Learning Center accepted their diplomas Thursday in a ceremony held at the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association in Unity.
Published
June 7, 2023

Waterville hospital collaborates to introduce new training center for health care workers

Northern Light Inland Hospital announced this week that it joined with online university Purdue Global in opening a simulation center that officials say will give nursing students and others an enhanced training experience.
Published
June 6, 2023

Hartland man dies in single-vehicle wreck in Madison

Steven Young, 42, was killed Sunday when a GMC pickup veered off Route 201 and a second man in the pickup was later arrested when he became combative with investigators who questioned him about the incident, authorities said.
Published
June 1, 2023

Photos: Waterville students spend a day serving others

About 30 students at Waterville Junior High School who are part of a Jobs for Maine’s Graduates program traveled to Woodlands Senior Living of Waterville to perform community service work. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.
Published
May 31, 2023

Firefighters continue to check for hot spots following Moscow, Caratunk brush fire

The fire Sunday consumed more than 13 acres along Route 201, and firefighting efforts were complicated when an emergency call came in for a separate fire a few miles down the road, pulling resources away, Bingham fire Chief Scott Laweryson said.
Published
May 30, 2023

Photos: Detroit grooming business stays doggone busy

Dog’s Paradise has been in operation for more than 25 years and handles about 30 dogs a day, thanks to a team of three groomers and two bathers. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.
Published
May 26, 2023

Oakland store to showcase artistic touch one woman brings to furniture

Katarina ‘Kacha’ Hernandez, who has a large online following for her furniture art, has opened Kacha Furniture on Church Street in Oakland with her husband.
Published
May 26, 2023

Photos: Blues Traveler performs for sold-out crowd in Waterville

The longtime jam band, with frontman John Popper, has been drawing big crowds for three decades and most recently performed at the Waterville Opera House. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Michael G. Seamans.
Published
May 24, 2023

Pump the brakes, late-night drivers; Ticonic Bridge will close to overnight traffic

Construction crews along the span between Waterville and Winslow need to do utility work that will require it to be periodically closed to vehicles, including the night of Thursday, May 25.