The public may own Maine’s many lakes and ponds, but that doesn’t mean the public can use them.
Vanessa Paolella
Sun Journal
Vanessa Paolella is a staff writer at the Sun Journal primarily covering local education. Before joining the Sun Journal in 2021, she interned for the paper twice and led the Bates College student newspaper, The Bates Student. Vanessa graduated from Bates College with a bachelor of science in geology in 2021 and wrote her senior thesis on water quality changes in the Androscoggin River from 1930 to 2019.
Posted inLewiston-Auburn, Maine
How one day in high school shaped Angus King
One of the most inspiring moments in the life of U.S. Sen. Angus King happened on a cold Tuesday morning on Feb. 10, 1959, a week after rock ‘n’ roll legend Buddy Holly perished in a blinding storm in a plane that plummeted into a cornfield. Since King was just 14 years old, the event […]
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Posted inMaine
Few complaints about jobless claims process said officers favored workers
The data provided by the governor’s office to the Sun Journal in response to a Freedom of Access Act request show that most of the nearly 400 complaints at the governor’s office don’t take issue with the unemployment claims appeals hearing process.
Posted inOxford Hills
Sheehan, Hongoltz-Hetling named journalists of the year
FREEPORT — The editor and a former assistant editor of the Advertiser-Democrat were named Journalists of the Year at the annual Maine Press Association awards banquet Saturday. Editor Anne Sheehan and Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, who is now a staff writer at the Waterville Sentinel, were honored for their teamwork over the past year reporting on the […]
Posted inOxford Hills
Norway paper finalist for Pulitzer Prize for local reporting
NORWAY — The Advertiser Democrat was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in the local reporting category. A.M. Sheehan, editor of the Advertiser Democrat, and former reporter Matthew Hongoltz-Hetling, who now reports from the Sun Media’s Forecaster in Falmouth, were cited for their “tenacious exposure of disgraceful conditions in federally-supported housing in a small […]
Posted inAdvertiser Democrat, Local News, News, Oxford Hills
Slumlords, shoddy oversight, tax dollars … living on Section 8
Imagine renting an apartment where, when a neighbor flushes the toilet, waste bubbles up in the bathroom sink.
Posted inMaine, News, Oxford Hills, River Valley
911 where are you?
More and more people are using cell phones to report emergencies, but the mobile 911 system has flaws. Has Maine’s action to raid the fund collected to improve emergency phone service slowed the state’s ability to maintain and improve needed technology?
Posted inNews, River Valley
Published July 6, 2009: Dixfield home burns after cell call routed to wrong county
By the time crews arrived, Dennett said the one-and-a-half story, chalet-style home was fully engulfed in flames.
Posted in175th anniversary, Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, News
Published Aug. 24, 2003: One car. Twenty inspections. Many results.
A Sun Journal investigation raises questions about the state’s motor vehicle inspection law.
Posted in175th anniversary, Maine, News, Schools & Education
Published March 5, 2000: Students, banks caught in Pierce’s march to monopoly
Richard Pierce wants you to believe three things. He wants you to believe he built a $470 million student loan operation, using tax-free public bonds for the sole purpose of helping Maine students go to college. He wants you to believe he built his operation with full legislative authority. And he wants you to believe […]