Zara Norman

Morning Sentinel

Zara Norman is a reporter covering the Winslow and Oakland area for the Morning Sentinel. She graduated from Brown University in 2022, where she took classes in journalism while majoring in History and Classics. While at Brown she managed a comedy publication and interned with The Boston Globe’s Rhode Island bureau. A native to England, Zara now lives in Waterville.

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Published
October 5, 2022

Police: Man suffers minor injuries after trailer collapses on him in Skowhegan

A West Gardiner man was lucky to have escaped with minor injuries Wednesday when a trailer shifted and came down on him as he was working at Eaton Mountain Ski Area, police Chief David Bucknam said.
Published
October 4, 2022

Police: Driver who crashed into Winslow home suffered medical event, fell unconscious

The SUV driven by William Haiss of China came to rest Monday inside a first-floor room and Winslow police Chief Leonard Macdaid said Haiss suffered only minor injuries and that no one was in the home at the time.
Published
October 3, 2022

Vehicle leaves China Road before hitting, entering Winslow house

It does not appear the driver was seriously hurt Monday, and it was not clear what had caused his small SUV to careen off the road and into the house.
Published
October 3, 2022

Home destroyed, no injuries in Brighton Plantation fire, official says

Fire crews from eight communities respond to blaze Sunday, and its cause remained under investigation Monday, according to Athens fire Chief Brett Strout.
Published
September 30, 2022

Winslow residents to decide whether to ban the use of fireworks in town

Winslow is the latest municipality in Maine to consider prohibiting or restricting the use of pyrotechnics.
Published
September 28, 2022

Conversation with author Machado at Colby College to kick off first Maine Lit Fest

Carmen Maria Machado, who wrote the celebrated “In the Dream House,” spoke this week ahead of the festival and weighed in on rising efforts to ban books from school libraries.
Published
September 27, 2022

As strain on public school educators continues, Thomas College looks to provide a fix

The college has altered requirements that will allow students pursuing an education degree to work as substitute teachers and ed techs in public schools struggling to fill those positions.
Published
September 23, 2022

Common Ground Country Fair, a celebration of rural living, returns to Unity

There will be plenty of food, fun and games — Manure Pitch-Off, anyone? — along with addresses on sustainability and other matters, lectures and workshops.
Published
September 23, 2022

Colby College conference to highlight the work, influence of Václav Havel

A conference organizer says increasing radical tendencies, disinformation and other global developments make relevent the efforts of Havel, the prominent dissident who went on to become president of the Czech Republic.
Published
September 22, 2022

Winslow food pantry struggles to keep up as demand surges

The Winslow Community Cupboard on Lithgow Street provides food to about 220 families in the region twice a month, a number that organizers say is expected to keep rising.