Sam Shepherd

Kennebec Journal

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.

Latest

Published
November 12, 2018

Hallowell councilors expected to finalize commercial cannabis, busking ordinances

City officials are conducting public hearings about marijuana and snow shoveling regulations.
Published
November 11, 2018

Hallowell officials to meet regarding halted sidewalk

City and Department of Transportation officials, Lucky Garden owners and property abutters have been invited to the meeting ‘for the purposes of fact finding.’
Published
November 11, 2018

Monmouth man reflects on experience at Pearl Harbor

Jim Paradis, 98, went from riding horses to school in Norridgewock to flying state-of-the-art planes in World War II to serving meals in his community.
Published
November 9, 2018

Augusta teen to be featured on “America’s Funniest Home Videos”

Seventeen-year old Benjamin Lucarelli’s rope swing mishap will be featured on the television show Sunday.
Published
November 9, 2018

Dangerous divot to be fixed; Farmingdale to receive credit for abandoned paving

A terse meeting and a handshake between selectmen and contractors heralds the end of construction season.
Published
November 8, 2018

Mainers rally in Augusta to support Mueller probe after Sessions ouster

Dozens gathered on the steps of the State House to cite their dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump having forced his attorney general to quit.
Published
November 8, 2018

Augusta police, bystanders wrangle chicken-at-large

Animal Control Officer Paul Frye said he has received a couple dozen chicken complaints since he started in August.
Published
November 7, 2018

Whitefield voters pass new junkyard ordinance, dam policy ordinance

Town cracks down on ‘junky yards’, implements rules for recreational area around demolished dam
Published
November 6, 2018

Wynne prevails in Hallowell’s Ward 5; Walker, Aucoin, Dufour also elected to City Council

Newcomer Patrick Wynne, who beat four-term incumbent Lisa Harvey McPherson, will take over as Ward 5 councilor in January.
Published
November 2, 2018

Contractor hits back at Farmingdale’s ‘ludicrous’ claims of dangerous roads

A C.H. Stevenson representative says a section of road that town officials found risky is ‘hardly’ a dangerous situation.