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
November 18, 2018

Winslow to alter town’s recycling protocol

Local residents and businesses must instead take recycling to I Recycle in Waterville, at no cost after Nov. 30. The move is expected to save the town around $34,000.
Published
November 17, 2018

Crafters meet early holiday shoppers at latest event to fund mill repair

Over the past year, residents have coordinated a variety of fundraisers to help cover repair costs for Olde Mill Place in Vassalboro, which are estimated to be $400,000.
Published
November 17, 2018

Messalonskee schools’ $3.9 million athletic complex nears completion, but critics still concerned about cost

With or without its final red track coating, the $3.9 million facility will be ready for the spring sports season, officials say.
Published
November 9, 2018

Oakland chimney fire contained quickly, causes no damage

The fire, which occurred on Mayland Street, serves as a reminder for people to be cautious about using wood stoves as winter approaches.
Published
November 9, 2018

Waterville Kmart to close in February in latest round of company’s cuts

The Sears Holdings Corp., which filed for bankruptcy in October, will slash at least 200 of its retail stores nationwide in the next four months; a decision about the Waterville location was announced Thursday.
Published
November 8, 2018

Oakland area veterans celebrated at Messalonskee Middle School event

At an assembly Thursday, U.S. Sen. Angus King encouraged middle school students to support and thank veterans for their service to the country.
Published
November 8, 2018

Sen. King: Congress should pass bill supporting Mueller’s Russia probe after Sessions ouster

The newly re-elected Maine senator said special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation should not be blocked and that the Senate Intelligence Committee will continue its own inquiry regardless.
Published
November 7, 2018

Oakland to move forward with $2.6 million fire station project

Voters overwhelmingly supported the bond question in Tuesday’s election, and the town also re-elected two incumbents to the Town Council.
Published
November 7, 2018

Oakland to move forward with $2.6 million fire station project

Voters overwhelmingly supported the bond question in Tuesday’s election. The town also re-elected two incumbents to serve on the Town Council.
Published
November 7, 2018

In China, voters stick with tradition, familiar faces

Jeff LaVerdiere, Ron Breton and Donna Mills-Stevens, each with Select Board experience, won three-year terms; China will keep its Town Meeting quorum and explore a possible emergency services and community center on town land.