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.

Latest

Published
November 14, 2016

Couple opens new residential home in Winslow for adults with disabilities

Andrew and Tina Chartrand held an open house Monday for their residence on Monument Street, which just took in residents in October.
Published
November 13, 2016

Future MOFGA certification chief lives in straw bale house, strives to set example through work, lifestyle

Chris Grigsby, who now works for the Crown O’ Maine Cooperative, lives in a straw bale house in Appleton that’s in keeping with an organic way of life.
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November 11, 2016

False alarm at Waterville Wal-Mart causes evacuation

Originally there were reports of a fire, but fire officials say they were a result of a broken alarm sensor that is going to be replaced.
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November 10, 2016

Oakland Sewer Department starts work to curb ‘clean’ water infiltration

The town has to pay to pump its sewerage to Waterville, which can get expensive if enough groundwater seeps in and costs taxpayers more money.
Published
November 10, 2016

Two similar Farmington crashes reported on Wilton Road within one day

Police say the offending drivers in both cases seemed not to be paying attention to their driving, causing the U.S. Route 2 crashes.
Published
November 10, 2016

Waterville police arrest two who allegedly had $13,000 worth of narcotics

Ruben Rincon and Amanda Sanipas were arrested on charges of aggravated drug trafficking after police executed at search warrant at their apartment at the Home Place Inn in Waterville.
Published
November 8, 2016

Clinton residents vote to allow the state to award agency liquor licenses to local stores

Stores will be able to sell hard liquor to go every day but Sundays.
Published
November 8, 2016

Incumbent, Budget Committee member win Oakland Town Council seats

Michael Perkins and Harold Buzzell Jr. were both elected to three-year seats in the Town Council on Tuesday.
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November 8, 2016

Winslow residents elect Ken Fletcher, Jeff West to Town Council

The incumbent and the former Fourth of July Committee member won two three-year seats on the council.
Published
November 8, 2016

Vassalboro rejects proposals for sidewalks, zoning changes

The sidewalk project would have been done in tandem with a planned state reconstruction of Route 32 from South China to Winslow.