Madeline St. Amour

Staff Writer

Madeline St. Amour covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, Vassalboro, China and Unity, as well as crime and the new Fiberight plant in Hampden. She started at the Sentinel in the spring of 2016 after graduating from the University at Albany in New York, where she worked as a stringer for the Associated Press at the Capitol bureau covering the minimum wage issue and tuition at public colleges. When she’s not in the newsroom, she enjoys trying new recipes, traveling and hiking.

Latest

Published
June 19, 2016

Unity land trust addition pays love of nature forward

The Rines family lived on and appreciated land that the sisters sold to the Sebasticook Regional Land Trust in March, adding a missing part of a 1,500-acre conservation corridor.
Published
June 18, 2016

Free lunches for Waterville, Winslow, Vassalboro children begin Monday

The meals at sites across the three communities are free for anyone under 18, regardless of where they live, until Aug. 19.
Published
June 17, 2016

Motorcyclist hurt in collision with car on Route 3 in South China

The seriously injured man was taken to MaineGeneral Medical Center in Augusta, where he was to be transferred by helicopter to another hospital, rescue workers at the scene said.
Published
June 16, 2016

Fort Halifax Days to return to Winslow on Saturday

The event at Fort Halifax Park will feature historical re-enactors and a band, as well as food and craft vendors, and is aimed at raising awareness of the area’s history.
Published
June 16, 2016

Winslow schools budget of $14.38 million up 1.23 percent

The budget, which the town’s voters approved Tuesday, is increasing because the federal government no longer is underwriting technology costs.
Published
June 15, 2016

Benton Elementary School principal says final goodbye to students

Suanne Giorgetti retired after working in SAD 49 for all of her education career of nearly 40 years.
Published
June 14, 2016

Proposed $2.48 million Clinton school and town budget passes

Residents also voted to contract out the town’s road work in Tuesday’s 36-item warrant.
Published
June 14, 2016

Bickford wins Clinton select board seat

Public Works Department employee edges former selectman Randy Clark.
Published
June 14, 2016

Winslow Town Council approves chicken ordinance

Residents in higher-density areas now can keep chickens for personal use after the ordinance passed Monday night, and the council also gave preliminary approval that lifts the restriction that those in the agricultural zone can raise chickens only if they intend to sell the eggs.
Published
June 13, 2016

Central Maine strawberry season will only be a few days late, despite mixed weather

Through cold, heat and little rain, farmers in Benton, Wayne and Farmington managed to keep the fruit in good shape for a crop that should come out this week.