Meg Robbins covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, China and Vassalboro for the Morning Sentinel. Though she grew up in New Jersey, her ties to Maine reach back generations. Meg’s work has appeared in the Vineyard Gazette, Pine Tree Watch, NJ Spotlight and various other outlets. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Meg began working for the Morning Sentinel in Sept. 2018 after living in South Africa for a year, where she produced a documentary about stand-up comedy. She geeks out over “Saturday Night Live,” movies, cats and good coffee.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Winslow Catholic school to close at end of year, signaling decline in area’s Catholic population
St. John Catholic School, which once had as many as 350 students enrolled in the 1960s, will close at the end of the 2019-2020 school year, with enrollment at 34 children.
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PublishedJanuary 17, 2020
Waterville fire chief: Alleged white power gesture in photo made ‘unknowingly’
Waterville Fire Chief Shawn Esler said he investigated the allegation that a firefighter was making a hand gesture associated with “white power” in Facebook photo.
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PublishedJanuary 15, 2020
Bird rescue group in Freedom reports death of five eagles since start of 2020, all with elevated levels of lead in blood
It takes a piece of lead the size of a grain of rice to fatally poison a bald eagle, according to the state’s raptor specialist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
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PublishedJanuary 6, 2020
People targeted in central Maine drive-by shooting spree had connections to suspect’s ex-girlfriend, police say
Dana S. Dasilva and Michelle N. Luce, of Skowhegan, were arrested by police following multiple instances of gunfire Saturday night in Winslow, Waterville and Clinton.
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PublishedJanuary 5, 2020
Skowhegan man, woman arrested following multitown, ‘targeted’ shooting spree
Dana S. Dasilva and Michelle N. Luce, both 25, are being held at the Kennebec County jail in Augusta following gunfire in Winslow, Waterville and Clinton.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2020
Hartland man arraigned in police shooting in Canaan
Richard Murray-Burns, charged with attempted murder in a gunfight with police, was arraigned in Maine District Court on Thursday in Skowhegan.
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PublishedDecember 27, 2019
Teen pulls himself out of the Kennebec after breaking through ice
Aaron Hall, 14, of Waterville, is “found and safe,” officials said. Rescuers were alerted by a person calling from Winslow and directed by Winslow police to the teen and his friend.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2019
More details emerge from Waterville-Canaan shootout that wounded officer, suspect
Richard Murray-Burns, 29, of Hartland allegedly initiated a car chase and shooting after Waterville police pulled him over Sunday after a report of shoplifting at Walmart.
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PublishedDecember 11, 2019
Pub to open in former Winslow pizza shop, marking town’s 4th restaurant-bar
Scott McIntire, who also owns The Old Goat Pub in downtown Richmond, plans to open the Two Cent Pub at 82 Clinton Ave. in Winslow by April.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
About 35 miles of Maine roads have been treated with now-banned sealant
The surfaces are safe to drive on, though, according to a Maine Department of Transportation official.
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