Meg Robbins

Kennebec Journal

Meg Robbins covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, China and Vassalboro for the Morning Sentinel. Though she grew up in New Jersey, her ties to Maine reach back generations. Meg’s work has appeared in the Vineyard Gazette, Pine Tree Watch, NJ Spotlight and various other outlets. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Meg began working for the Morning Sentinel in Sept. 2018 after living in South Africa for a year, where she produced a documentary about stand-up comedy. She geeks out over “Saturday Night Live,” movies, cats and good coffee.

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Published
June 23, 2019

Waterville yoga studio expands programming going into 10th year

School Street Yoga offered a free day of classes Sunday to celebrate the occasion.
Published
June 23, 2019

Maine’s styrofoam ban met with mixed response from Waterville-area businesses

The law, effective Jan. 2021, could increase prices, but it brings a sense of job security to over 500 employees at the Huhtamaki paper products plant.
Published
June 22, 2019

Caribbean jazz, home-cooked brunch rock Snow Pond Center for the Arts audience

Students at the 10-day intensive Caribbean Jazz Institute at the Sidney-based arts camp performed for a central Maine audience Saturday morning.
Published
June 22, 2019

Five displaced after Waterville home burns down

No injuries were reported following the blaze on Mae Terrace early Saturday morning.
Published
June 20, 2019

Fort Halifax Days to ‘bring history alive’ at former Massachusetts Bay Colony outpost in Winslow

The fifth annual Fort Halifax Days will take place Saturday from noon to 4 p.m. at the national historic landmark off U.S. 201.
Published
June 19, 2019

Local businesses chip in to reduce Oakland fire station costs by $64,000

Voters approved a $2.6 million plan to build a 12,000-square-foot fire station; now local businesses are helping reduce the taxpayer burden.
Published
June 14, 2019

Oakland-area business owners, officials speak to Golden about labor, broadband

The congressman visited Mount Vernon, Oakland and Gardiner for a “listening tour” Friday afternoon.
Published
June 12, 2019

Local foundation to build outdoor reading space at Oakland Public Library

Town councilors approved the gift from the ShineOn Cass Foundation at a meeting Wednesday.
Published
June 11, 2019

Oakland-based district, Winslow, Vassalboro voters approve school districts’ budgets

All seven towns will preserve the budget validation referendum process for the next three years
Published
June 11, 2019

For Mid-Maine Regional Adult Ed graduate, online courses provided path to college

Amanda Landry, 23, earned her high school diploma from the Waterville-based Mid-Maine Regional Adult Community Education program Tuesday night, a ticket to the next stage of her life.