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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PublishedApril 11, 2019
RSU 18 to open Messalonskee athletic complex to the public Friday
Superintendent Carl Gartley said the final protective layers of the track will be laid onto the existing black surface in July.
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PublishedApril 9, 2019
Winslow council takes first vote on budget with 4% tax rate increase
The $25.14 million budget would increase from $17.94 per $1,000 of property valuation to $18.69, an increase town officials attributed to cuts in state aid.
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PublishedApril 9, 2019
Snow delays construction of Oakland’s $2.6 million fire station, but early cost estimates remain on target
The Town Council accepted and signed the bond at its regular meeting on Wednesday evening.
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PublishedApril 9, 2019
Colby College announces $2 million donation from trustee to support data science, women’s lacrosse
Rick McVey, trustee and parent of alumnae from the classes of 2012 and 2016, gave the funds, according to the Waterville college.
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PublishedApril 8, 2019
Jackman medical center receives grant to expand rural health care service, critical care
The Jackman Community Health Center will use a $75,000 grant from the Maine Health Access Foundation to broaden the training paramedics receive in an area over 50 miles from the nearest emergency room.
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PublishedApril 5, 2019
China Democrat enters 2020 presidential race
Fred Wiand, 78, plans to embark on a national tour to promote his campaign at 1 p.m. Saturday at the China Lake boat launch on Causeway Road. He is at least the second man from the Kennebec County town to run for the nation’s highest office.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
Tensions between China Select Board and fire chiefs could be on display at Town Meeting
China residents to decide selectmen’s raises, fire departments’ budgets Saturday at 9 a.m. after public disagreements between the pair.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
Waterville police respond to back-to-back rush-hour crashes on Kennedy Memorial Drive
One woman was taken to a hospital for treatment of a minor injury after a three-car crash; no one was injured in the second crash, which occurred roughly half an hour later.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
Poliquin denounces ranked-choice voting, addresses student voting in talk at Colby
Former U.S. Rep. Bruce Poliquin said the voter-approved ranked-choice process was a “scam” and that Colby students have the legal right to vote in local elections if they obtain a Maine driver’s license within 30 days of living in the state.
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PublishedApril 2, 2019
China girl saves mother’s life, steers car to safety after she became unconscious while driving
Twelve-year-old Aislynn Savage was honored Thursday at the State House for safely steered her mother’s sedan into a snowbank after her mother passed out behind the wheel.
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