Construction is underway at Flood Brothers Farm for a first-in-Maine digester costing at least $20 million that is to produce natural gas from cow manure trucked in from in-state farms.
Kaitlyn Budion
Kaitlyn Budion covers Fairfield, Benton, Clinton, Albion, Pittsfield and the surrounding area for the Morning Sentinel. She is a 2020 graduate of Northeastern University's School of Journalism. While at Northeastern she worked with a variety of outlets, including Somerville Media Center, the Groundtruth project, the Massachusetts State House News Service, and News@Northeastern. A native Minnesotan, Kaitlyn now lives in Waterville.
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Police confiscate 126 pounds of processed marijuana at Fairfield store operating illegally
Officials say 185 marijuana plants seized Wednesday at YEZI Local Craft Marijuana Retail Store that continued to operate after state had revoked its license.
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Clinton toddler dies after falling into water-filled storage bin, police say
The bin was outside the home on Elwood Drive and had filled with rainwater when the boy came upon it Tuesday and somehow toppled in, according to Clinton police Chief Stanley ‘Rusty’ Bell.
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Maine Community College System to continue requiring COVID-19 vaccinations, but not booster shots
The system also said Wednesday that decisions on masking policies will come from college presidents.
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Pickup crash in Oakland on Monday leads to power outage affecting some 3,000 CMP customers
The pickup wrecked in the evening on High Street, leading to a fire and downed power lines.
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School officials told harassment of minority students at Lawrence High School a recurring problem
A parent of a student at the school and a teacher there told MSAD 49 directors Thursday that there’s a hostile environment at the school where students regularly use racial slurs and LGBTQ+ teens are bullied and harassed.
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Lane closed after blown tire causes motor home to veer into woods off I-95 in Pittsfield
Motor home towing Chevrolet Suburban when it blows tires near mile marker 144, causing driver to lose control.
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As vote nears on Fairfield water expansion project, state says it’s unable to fund filter systems ‘in perpetuity’
Fairfield is considering a $48 million expansion of the public water system as a way to help those with private wells that testing has found to be contaminated by PFAS.
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State investigation finds Waterville officer justified in fatal shooting of Hartland man
Police responded to a Waterville hotel in February 2021 following reports of a disturbance and found 32-year-old Eric Porter armed with a knife, according to a report by the state Attorney General’s Office.
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Reward offered for information on theft of guns from downtown Waterville pawnshop
Federal authorities and a trade association for the gun industry have announced a $5,000 reward for information related to the burglary at J.R.’s Trading & Pawn at 100 Elm St., where 14 handguns were stolen April 10.