About 60% of the grant funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is to go to state agencies, while the remainder is to be divided between 14 organizations combatting homelessness and domestic violence across Maine.
Dylan Tusinski
Staff Writer
Dylan Tusinski is an investigative reporter with the Maine Trust for Local News quick strike team, where he focuses on telling the stories that impact Maine most through hard-hitting reporting, narrative storytelling and accountability journalism. His reporting ranges from government transparency and organized crime to housing policy and climate change. He previously worked for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville from 2023 to 2025, covering about a dozen communities in Kennebec and Somerset counties. He joined the Sentinel in 2023 after graduating from Colorado State University while double majoring in political science and journalism & media communications.
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Vassalboro man arrested on charge of manslaughter in woman’s campfire death
Travis Mitchell, 31, of Vassalboro, was indicted and arrested Thursday in connection with the death of Liza Bragg, 46, who died last year after sustaining fatal burn injuries from a campfire.
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Sheriff: Three arrested, hundreds of plants seized in latest marijuana growing bust at a central Maine residence
Officials said they arrested Huansheng Mai, 75; Yuling Mei, 63; and Yiming Hu, 68. Each was charged with illegal cultivation of marijuana and unlawful trafficking in scheduled drugs with more than 500 plants.
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Winslow fire lieutenant accused of stealing more than $12,000 from firefighters association
Shawn Stetson, 34, of Fairfield was arrested for allegedly having withdrawn more than $12,000 in cash from various accounts associated with the Winslow Firefighters Association, officials said Monday.
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Court files reveal new details of ‘complex’ large-scale illegal marijuana grows at central Maine residences
After five people were arrested at a triad of houses in the towns of China and Belgrade, details are emerging such as fake marijuana license cards and expensive Armani jackets.
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Waterville murder suspect released from hospital, handed over to police custody
Spridal Hubiak, 20, of Waterville, who is accused of killing 52-year-old Angela Bragg, was moved to a jail in Missouri after leading police in Arkansas on a car chase that culminated in an officer-involved shooting.
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Courthouses in Augusta, Portland reopen after bomb threats prompt evacuations
The threats came a day after Maine’s State House and several others across the country were targeted with hoax bomb threats that authorities say were sent by the same group, highlighting what legislative leaders say is a “concerning and unacceptable trend.”
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‘No warning’ official says, as more than 20,000 pounds of food at Winslow pantry soiled by flood
Food for hundreds of families across Kennebec and Somerset counties had to be thrown away after floodwaters breached the Winslow Community Cupboard. Employees say the water came without warning.
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Wayne teen sentenced to 5 years after admitting to murdering his 14-year-old girlfriend
Aidan Grant, 16, was sentenced Monday to five years at Portland’s Long Creek Youth Development Center. He is accused of killing Brooke McLaughlin last year in Mount Vernon.
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Police probe cut-and-run of treetop at Vassalboro fire station
The upper half of a large spruce tree, which was donated a decade ago by a volunteer firefighter, was found missing over the weekend.