Sam Shepherd covers general news in the Hallowell and Farmingdale area. He grew up in Hallowell, attending Hall-Dale High School and later the University of Maine. He previously worked at the Mount Desert Islander in Bar Harbor before moving home to work for the Kennebec Journal in summer 2018. His interests include cooking, tracking down the best local food and drink and soccer.
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PublishedApril 7, 2019
Hallowell, Woolwich artists team up to send two murals to Virginia
Teaming for the first time, Chris Cart and Jack Gable are putting finishing touches on a seven-piece project for a restaurant complex in the Washington, D.C. metro.
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PublishedApril 3, 2019
High asbestos levels found in state’s Cultural Building in Augusta; consultants say there’s no danger
At least one employee is concerned about communication with workers; consultants said the high levels of asbestos are embedded in dirt and dust and pose low risk of entering the air.
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PublishedApril 1, 2019
Hubbard Free Library trustees ask for $74,000 in city financial support
Library trustees and the City Council discussed a proposed 174-percent increase from the usual city contribution on Monday.
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PublishedApril 1, 2019
Fire Marshals: Fire that destroyed Jefferson sawmill was accidental
Jefferson Fire Chief Walter Morse said damage was mitigated by a combination of helpful mutual aid and comprehensive training.
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PublishedMarch 31, 2019
Central Maine casting: The traditional start of fishing season is upon us
A state biologist is foreseeing healthy fish populations while fishermen gear up for April 1, which has historically kicked off Maine’s fishing season.
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PublishedMarch 29, 2019
Washington voters approve 3.7 percent spending increase, blinking speed limit sign
About 45 residents passed all but one article, defeating a proposed change to the town’s gravel mining ordinance after discussion revealed confusion in the definition of “mining.”
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PublishedMarch 29, 2019
Sidney voters approve $1.74 million in spending, shoot down proposed cluster housing ordinance
About 90 voters set next fiscal year’s municipal budget and killed an ordinance changes that could have changed minimum lots sizes for housing devlopments.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Man shot estranged wife in Gardiner, set fire in Sidney, returned to the shooting scene to kill himself
Police revealed Thursday that Autumn Bryant was alive for more than two hours while her estranged husband set fire to her mother’s home in Sidney before returning to kill himself.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Sidney residents to vote on $1.79 million municipal spending plan
Voters will decide on the municipal budget, ordinance changes and other issues 9 a.m. Saturday at James H. Bean School.
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PublishedMarch 28, 2019
Summit Natural Gas seeks to rekindle interest in Farmingdale pipeline
After a 2012 project fizzled out, natural gas pipelines could be coming to the town by 2020.
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