Emily Higginbotham covers general news in the towns of China, Oakland, Unity, Vassalboro and Winslow. She started reporting for the Sentinel in November 2017 after working as a copy editor at the newspaper for a little over a year. Emily also writes a bi-weekly column, “Notes from a Novice,” that appears in the Sentinel and Kennebec Journal on Wednesdays. She is an Illinois native and a graduate of St. Louis University in Missouri, where she studied journalism, creative writing and political science. In her free time, she likes to travel, cook new recipes and optimistically root for Chicago sports teams.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2018
Superintendent imposes budget freeze for Vassalboro school
Vassalboro Community has consumed more of the budget than expected by this point in the year, he told the School Committee.
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PublishedMarch 20, 2018
Farmington man one of two arrested on charge of military desertion
Maine native Austin Seeley and friend Noah Fisher told police they left their base in Kentucky because of problems with senior officers.
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PublishedMarch 19, 2018
Winslow School Board presents $15.8M draft budget to Town Council
Board, council agree to work together to scale back budget, which is an increase of over $1 million from the current fiscal year.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2018
Winslow town and school officials at loggerheads over renovation proposal
Monday’s budget workshop with Town Council and School Board expected to be tense.
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PublishedMarch 18, 2018
Clinton officer recognized as hero for rescuing man from burning trailer
Phil DiLuca recounts the night he crawled through a burning trailer to save its sleeping resident, Shawn Skehan.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2018
Truck laden with beer topples over on Trafton Road in Waterville
Police surmise the truck’s tires hit the edge of the road, which has yet to be rebuilt to highway standards.
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PublishedMarch 16, 2018
Vehicle hits utility pole, causing outages in Waterville
The driver said ‘blinding sun’ caused him to veer off the road and strike the pole.
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PublishedMarch 15, 2018
Central Maine students join movement with walkout protesting gun violence
About a dozen Skowhegan Area High School students took part in a 17-minute indoor assembly that school officials wanted to keep low-key after being the target of threats two weeks ago.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2018
School officials look forward to future after voters decide to dissolve AOS 92
School boards and superintendents will need to make many personnel decisions before dissolution takes effect in June.
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PublishedMarch 14, 2018
Rome residents approve road reconstruction at Town Meeting
Voters also passed the $592,833 budget for the next fiscal year.
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