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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March 17, 2017

Waterville police investigate armed robbery at Budget Host Airport Inn

Two men reportedly took cash from the office and showed a handgun early Friday morning before fleeing in a vehicle, police said.
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March 17, 2017

Clinton burglars steal more than $1,000 in cash, jewelry

Witnesses saw two people climb through a window Thursday afternoon at a residence on Hinckley Road, police say.
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March 17, 2017

Warden service identifies Mount Vernon man found dead after snowshoeing on Rome mountain

Brian Peters, 57, was found dead by searchers just after 9 p.m. Thursday, according to the Maine Warden Service.
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March 15, 2017

Burnham voters to decide $600K town budget, 3-way selectmen’s race

At Town Meeting on Saturday at the Reynolds Corner Municipal Building, residents also will be asked to vote on whether to pursuing the creation of a new Interstate 95 exit, off Johnson Flat Road.
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March 15, 2017

Court upholds state environmental permits for controversial Fiberight waste plant

The decision by a Superior Court justice marks the end of the Fiberight project’s last legal battle and one of its major hurdles.
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March 15, 2017

Sidney residents to vote on $2 million bond for town projects

Voters at Town Meeting on Saturday also will decide on whether to ban marijuana businesses, enact mooring regulations and allow liquor sales for catering businesses.
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March 15, 2017

Central Maine digs out from a foot of snow after nor’easter blasts region

A few hundred Central Maine Power customers still were without power Wednesday morning after a blizzard that pounded the state and created hazardous driving conditions.
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March 14, 2017

Bill proposing extra water district fee to fund China Lake restoration fails in committee

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Tim Theriault, R-China, was intended to raise money to improve lake water quality, but utility district officials assailed it as ‘unprecedented’ and unfair.
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March 14, 2017

Fire at Hartland tannery building damages machine

Firefighters from four departments were able to get the flames under control in a half-hour in the buffing room of Tasman Leather Group, at 9 Main St.
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March 14, 2017

Nor’easter pummels central Maine with whiteout conditions

The storm was expected to bring more than a foot of snow across central Maine, at a rate of 2 to 3 inches per hour at its most intense, before dying down Wednesday morning.