Zara Norman is a reporter covering the Winslow and Oakland area for the Morning Sentinel. She graduated from Brown University in 2022, where she took classes in journalism while majoring in History and Classics. While at Brown she managed a comedy publication and interned with The Boston Globe’s Rhode Island bureau. A native to England, Zara now lives in Waterville.
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PublishedMay 4, 2023
St. Albans man killed when car crosses centerline in Palmyra and hits tractor-trailer
Officials: Robert Sylvia, 67, died Thursday and a juvenile passenger was hurt when Sylvia’s subcompact car crossed into the path of the tractor-trailer on Ell Hill Road.
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PublishedMay 3, 2023
Oakland residents approve $7.4 million municipal budget with no rise in tax rate
Town Manager Ella Bowman said a jump in revenue helped the town offset a 9.1% increase in the budget from last year.
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PublishedMay 2, 2023
UMA architecture students pitch ‘exciting’ restoration ideas for Oakland’s historic Memorial Hall
A group of architecture students from the University of Maine at Augusta presented five design concepts that will be used to inform the $5 million restoration of the 1870s-era building.
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PublishedMay 2, 2023
Widespread flooding strikes central Maine following heavy rainfall
Some of the most severe flooding Tuesday occurred in Hallowell as the Kennebec River pushed over its banks and affected several businesses.
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PublishedApril 30, 2023
Waterville Tenants’ Association holds first meeting, discusses possible answers to area’s housing crisis
Members of the tenants’ association said the 63-unit housing development proposed for downtown Waterville and other projects are not going far enough to address housing insecurity and renters’ concerns in the area.
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PublishedApril 29, 2023
One injured after car crashes into Vassalboro home, bursts into flames
Authorities say a woman was injured when her car veered off Main Street late Thursday night, crashed into a home and a telephone pole, before burning completely.
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PublishedApril 26, 2023
Former Athens fire chief sentenced to 20 years in prison for sexually assaulting a child
Sean Boyd, 46, of Athens, was sentenced Wednesday in Skowhegan following testimony by his victim who said, “He left me silently suffering and with a huge burden to carry.”
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PublishedApril 25, 2023
Winslow Town Council gives preliminary OK to $31 million municipal budget
The proposed budget represents a $1.9 million increase to current spending.
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PublishedApril 21, 2023
Skowhegan affordable housing project nearing completion
Amid a statewide shortage of affordable housing units, officials say the Mary Street Apartments, a 40-unit housing project, will be finished sometime in May.
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PublishedApril 21, 2023
Motorist knocks out power in Fairfield, forces closure of road after driving into utility pole, police say
Ricky Hamlin, 21, of Clinton, was charged with operating under the influence Friday after his pickup truck struck the pole on Main Street, according to Fairfield police Officer Casey Dugas.
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