Threats were made against students and staff at MSAD 75, Northern Maine Community College and several Skowhegan-area schools.
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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Etna man, 18, who threatened ‘Lewiston part two’ posed credible risk of violence, complaint says
Michael Bowden was arrested Sunday after he appeared to threaten to commit a shooting at the Walmart Supercenter in Palmyra, where he worked previously, and an internal investigation by the company deemed him a credible threat, according to a criminal complaint.
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Etna man arrested after threatening ‘Lewiston part two’ in social media photo, authorities say
Michael Bowden, 18, was arrested after sheriff’s officials say he posed with a bolt-action rifle and ammunition outside a Palmyra Walmart, threatening in a social media post to commit a mass shooting like the one last week in Lewiston.
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Bingham man taken into custody on new charges days after arrest on sex assault charges
Christopher C. Cates, 48, was charged early last week with assaulting two young children, and officials said after he was released from jail, he violated conditions of his release by contacting people involved in the assault case.
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Jeff Powers, co-founder of popular Bigelow Brewing Co. in Skowhegan, dies at 61
Powers, who died suddenly Tuesday, was joined by his wife, Pam, in building Bigelow Brewing Co. into one of the leading craft breweries in Maine.
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Winslow Town Manager LaCroix leaving to take reins in Farmington
Erica LaCroix spent three years leading Winslow’s municipal operations and is scheduled to take the helm in Farmington in December.
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Tens of thousands expected in Unity as Common Ground Country Fair prepares to launch
The three-day fair, a celebration of agricultural life and rural living in Maine, opens Friday and is expected to feature more than 1,000 exhibitors and speakers.
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Freedom man hospitalized after being pinned underneath ATV for hours
Ralph Littlefield Jr., 73, was riding the ATV on his property Monday when a wheel caught a muddy rut and the vehicle tumbled over, trapping him underneath.
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As Maine celebrates its apple harvest, growers say the rainy summer made for a good haul
Growers across the state, including North Star Orchards, marked the beginning of the prime picking season by celebrating the 23rd annual Maine Apple Sunday.
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Five hurt, several vehicles damaged on I-95 in Sidney as traffic slows for car fire
Two drivers failed to slow or properly merge with traffic Wednesday and hit other vehicles as motorists slowed because of a car fire in the breakdown lane, according to the Maine Department of Public Safety.