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
October 8, 2016

Voters to decide if Clinton businesses can apply to be agency liquor stores

The town allows stores to sell only wine and beer to go, not hard liquor.
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October 7, 2016

Waterville man charged with Cumberland Farms robbery

Justin Michael Sinclair emerged as a suspect after police said a ski mask linked him to the armed store robbery Wednesday night.
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October 6, 2016

Committee strives for ‘fair and equitable’ cost sharing in Oakland-based school district

The RSU 18 committee held its second meeting and has not reached much consensus yet.
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October 6, 2016

Construction delayed on new Dunkin’ Donuts in Winslow

The Dunkin’ Donuts franchisee cites weather and construction material availability as the big problems.
Published
October 5, 2016

Oakland Police Department to hold open house, ‘Coffee with a Cop’

The event on Friday at the new Oakland police station coincides with the national Coffee with a Cop Day.
Published
October 5, 2016

Norridgewock man charged with car burglaries in Fairfield

Police said they used DNA evidence to link Kenneth Austin to a string of car burglaries that occurred Aug. 4-5, 2015, in Fairfield.
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October 5, 2016

Police: Motorcyclist blinded by sun crashes into bicyclist

A man riding a bike was taken to Franklin Memorial Hospital in Farmington after the crash with a motorcycle, police said.
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October 3, 2016

Rome select board approves applications for two junkyards, rescinds violation order for resident

The board also heard from RSU 18 representatives about the district’s budget and future plans.
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October 3, 2016

Road construction set to start on new Fiberight waste-to-energy plant

The Municipal Review Committee board voted to release up to $1.62 million to start road construction for the Hampden plant in the coming weeks.
Published
October 3, 2016

Police: Waterville man reportedly robbed on street

A 58-year-old man told police he was accosted and robbed by two other men after withdrawing money from an ATM and walking to his apartment at 11 Union St.