Zara Norman

Morning Sentinel

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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Published
November 17, 2022

Police: 3 hospitalized after SUV rolls over on Interstate 95 in Pittsfield

Lincoln man who was driving the SUV on Monday suffered injuries after he was thrown from the vehicle as it rolled over.
Published
November 15, 2022

Winslow looks to merge police, fire operations under single public safety department

The Town Council gave preliminary approval Monday to consolidating the operations as part of a cost-saving move other towns such as Hampden have adopted.
Published
November 11, 2022

Appreciative crowd assembles for Veterans Day parade in Waterville

Ernest Paradis with the Bourque-Lanigan American Legion Post 5 was the featured speaker at Friday’s Veterans Day parade in Waterville, and he said words cannot express the proper gratitude to veterans: “But there is virtue in trying.”
Published
November 9, 2022

Winslow voters elect Trahan, West to Town Council, Russell to School Board

Incumbents Lee Trahan and Jeff West defeated Benjamin Twitchell for seats on the Town Council, while former town Councilor Steve Russell bested Nick Weiss for a seat on the School Board.
Published
November 9, 2022

Winslow residents reject ballot measure that sought to ban the use of fireworks

Residents by a decisive margin Tuesday — 2,410 to 1,430 — struck down a question that would have prohibited the use of nearly all pyrotechnics in Winslow.
Published
November 6, 2022

Skowhegan animal shelter has gone to the dogs — and cats — so push begins for new building

The Somerset Humane Society at 123 Middle Road is aging, cramped and no longer suitable for its operations, so with an infusion of money from the Somerset County Commissioners, the society is pushing for a replacement facility.
Published
November 3, 2022

Five arrested on drug, other charges following search of Anson home

Firearms, several pounds of illegal drugs and items reportedly stolen from a Winslow warehouse were discovered in the search Tuesday, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
Published
November 2, 2022

Oakland students use Halloween as opportunity to donate food, lots of it, to pantries

Around 450 students at Messalonskee Middle School walked Monday to the Oakland-Sidney United Methodist Church with some much-needed donations.
Published
November 1, 2022

Winslow voters to consider 2 contested races featuring 5 candidates

In one race, a former town councilor comes out of retirement to challenge two incumbents for an at-large council position, and in the other contest, a 19-year-old Thomas College student competes for a school board seat with a former town councilor of 26 years.
Published
October 30, 2022

A sweet family affair in Oakland as candy shop turns 5

An owner of a ‘hole-in-the-wall’ store reflects on five years in business, much of it during the COVID-19 pandemic, after moving from a downtown location to a storefront on Kennedy Memorial Drive.