Molly Shelly covers the Fairfield beat for the Morning Sentinel. Molly recently earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism from Temple University where she worked as a reporter/photographer for the campus sports site Owls247.com. While at Temple Molly also fulfilled multiple internships with news outlets such as NBC Sports Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and WBCB 1490 am. A native of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Molly now resides in Waterville.
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PublishedJanuary 21, 2021
Winslow seventh-graders go remote; districts in Waterville and Skowhegan report new cases of COVID-19
The cases were reported in Waterville, Winslow and Skowhegan-based districts.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Benton Elementary declares second outbreak; Skowhegan-, Pittsfield-area districts report new COVID-19 cases
The cases were reported in Maine School Administrative District 49, 53 and 54.
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2021
Defend Our Health calls for stricter guidelines when testing for PFAS; criticizes state approach
Patrick MacRoy, deputy director for Defend Our Health, joins other health advocates in calling upon the state to implement stricter and more thorough guidelines when it comes to testing water, food products and sludge for forever chemicals.
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PublishedJanuary 19, 2021
Portland architectural firm recommends Fairfield-based school district stop using 3 of its elementary schools
CHA Architecture found the mechanical and electrical systems are “exhausted,” at Albion Elementary School, Clinton Elementary School and Fairfield Primary School.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2021
North Anson-based school district goes remote after reporting 2 cases of COVID-19
Regional School Unit 74 will switch to remote learning after students from the same home tested positive for the coronavirus. The students were in school the week before testing positive.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2021
Thorndike voters reject moratorium on pot business
In August 2020 the town opted into the state’s adult-use marijuana policy, but selectmen wanted to draft the town’s own ordinance on pot business, which called a halt to the sale of Donald Maxim’s farm to a commercial pot grower.
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PublishedJanuary 13, 2021
Renowned environmental activist Erin Brockovich helps mobilize action on Fairfield water contamination
Brockovich, who was contacted by a resident concerned that the “forever chemicals” poisoning of local water wells wasn’t being investigated enough, says “these numbers in Maine are some of the highest we’ve ever seen.”
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PublishedJanuary 12, 2021
Grant program for businesses in Fairfield returns for third cycle
Since the Fairfield Facade Improvement & Marketing Assistance Program launched, it has distributed $67,591 in grant money to local businesses and stimulated more than $137,850 in direct investment.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2021
School districts based in Skowhegan, Fairfield and Oakland report positive cases of COVID-19
Quarantining has been imposed in two of the districts and cleaning in another, but schools remain open under their current plans.
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PublishedJanuary 11, 2021
People, pets rescued as early Monday morning fire razes Waterville home
The blaze inflicted “extensive damage” on the King Court home in the South End, and a car parked close to the building was also damaged, officials said.
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