Madeline St. Amour

Staff Writer

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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Published
April 6, 2017

Waterville police arrest man for allegedly trafficking crack cocaine, fentanyl

Darien Lamar Harris, 32, who also is wanted for an alleged parole violation in New York City, was charged with aggravated trafficking of scheduled drugs, a class A felony.
Published
April 6, 2017

Police: Woman left 5 preschoolers in car in Waterville while getting hair done

Melissa J. Bagley, 32, of Unity, was arrested on child endangerment charges after she allegedly left the children, ages 3 and under, in a running minivan for an hour and a half at JFK Plaza.
Published
April 5, 2017

RSU 18 school board discusses what to do with potential extra state revenue

Some members called for putting the money into the undesignated fund balance; others were open to hiring additional staff members or returning money to taxpayers.
Published
April 5, 2017

Augusta man arrested on nine charges after high-speed chase ends in highway crash

Buddy Burton, 36, was apprehended in a ditch at mile 133 in Waterville after veering off Interstate 95, following a police chase prompted by reports that he was suspected of theft at Wal-Mart in Palmyra.
Published
April 4, 2017

Waterville neighborhood latest to be hit with KKK fliers

City police have received at least half a dozen reports about Ku Klux Klan fliers being left in driveways, coming about two months after similar reports in Gardiner, Augusta and Freeport.
Published
April 4, 2017

Oakland’s McGee named 2017 Principal of the Year by statewide group

Jennifer McGee, principal of Atwood Primary School in Oakland, said she feels like ‘the luckiest principal in the world.’
Published
April 3, 2017

Mount Vernon man died of cardiac arrest while snowshoeing on Rome mountain

Brian Peters, 57, died unexpectedly after a sudden cardiac arrest because of a complication of underlying heart diseases, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Published
April 3, 2017

Police: Man with ‘skull face mask’ tried to burglarize Sidney store, rob man in Oakland

State police are investigating a burglary attempt and armed robbery early Sunday morning, both reportedly committed by a person wearing a skull face mask and driving a blue car.
Published
April 3, 2017

Athens man crashes truck into ditch, arrested on third drunken driving charge

David John Mullins, 61, crashed into a ditch in Harmony, and a blood-alcohol test later indicated three times the legal alcohol limit for driving, police said.
Published
April 3, 2017

Police: Man wearing ‘skull face mask’ tried to burglarize Sidney store, rob man in Oakland

Maine State police are investigating an attempted burglary and armed robbery early Sunday morning that were reportedly committed by the same person.