Crews are working along China Road to install larger drainage pipes and conduct other work to alleviate the flooding that has occurred for years at the intersection of China Road and Bay Street.
Dylan Tusinski
Staff Writer
Dylan Tusinski is an investigative reporter with the Maine Trust for Local News' quick strike team, where his stories largely focus on money, drugs and government accountability. He has written about international drug trafficking rings, Maine's housing crisis, political polarization and much more. He previously worked for the Morning Sentinel in Waterville from 2023 to 2025. When he's not on the clock, Dylan can often be found at the nearest Grateful Dead cover band show or minor league hockey game.
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Bowman says in Oakland resignation letter that backlash to gender transition prompted her to leave
Ella Bowman resigned this week after nine years as the town manager in Oakland, where she had been on administrative leave, and she says pushback she received for being a transgender woman led to her departure.
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Oakland Town Manager Ella Bowman hired as Winslow’s top administrator
After a heated public comment section and a brief executive session Monday night, the Winslow Town Council hired Oakland Town Manager Ella Bowman as the town’s top administrator.
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More than $3 million in updates made to RSU 18 schools
Much of the money spent by Regional School Unit 18 went to improvements at Messalonskee High School in Oakland.
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Bingham man taken into custody on new charges days after arrest on sex assault charges
Christopher C. Cates, 48, was charged early last week with assaulting two young children, and officials said after he was released from jail, he violated conditions of his release by contacting people involved in the assault case.
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Embden native to open his play on stage he knows well — Lakewood Theater in Madison
Tucker Atwood has learned a few lessons along the way to becoming a playwright who is directing and producing a play he wrote, “Waiting in the Wings,” that opens Friday at the storied theater in Madison.
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Anson man hospitalized after being ejected from SUV in Mercer crash
Scott Tibbetts, 50, appears to have fallen asleep at the wheel before the SUV traveled off U.S. Route 2 on Monday and rolled over, according to the Somerset County Sheriff’s Office.
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Winslow deputy fire chief resigns his post
Scott Bolduc tendered his resignation Sept. 19, effective immediately, after serving the town for nearly four years.
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Common Ground Country Fair draws more than 64,100 to Unity over weekend
The annual fair remains a popular draw, with about 20,500 fairgoers attending Friday, nearly 25,000 on Saturday and some 18,700 on Sunday, the event’s final day for 2023.
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Jeff Powers, co-founder of popular Bigelow Brewing Co. in Skowhegan, dies at 61
Powers, who died suddenly Tuesday, was joined by his wife, Pam, in building Bigelow Brewing Co. into one of the leading craft breweries in Maine.