Ethan Horton is a general assignment reporter for the Kennebec Journal covering Hallowell, Winthrop, Manchester and other communities in western Kennebec County. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2024 after double-majoring in political science and media and journalism. While at UNC, he ran the City & State Desk at The Daily Tar Heel, primarily covering state and local politics. If he's not staring at a map, you can probably find him reading about whatever his niche historical interest is that week.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2024
Sidney slaying suspect’s initial court appearance delayed
Megan McDonald, 39, was charged with murder in the death of a 14-year-old boy in Sidney last week.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2024
Killing of teen leaves central Maine community with slew of questions
Police arrested a 39-year-old woman Friday in connection with what was ruled a homicide but have yet to release the name of the 14-year-old victim.
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PublishedDecember 21, 2024
A year later: Looking back at central Maine’s 2023 flood
Last December’s flood was the fifth-highest ever recorded in Hallowell, but will the city be ready for the next one?
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PublishedDecember 16, 2024
Mainers with ties to Syria celebrate fall of Assad regime
Bashar al-Assad’s regime was reportedly responsible for the deaths of more than 200,000 Syrian civilians from the outbreak of the Syrian civil war in March 2011 to June 2024.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2024
Snow, rain, strong winds and unseasonably warm days ahead for much of Maine
The National Weather Service said heavy rain and snowmelt Wednesday could cause flooding in central Maine.
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PublishedDecember 9, 2024
Success of Maine’s snowmobile industry rides on the weather
‘We rely on Mother Nature’ and bad snow years can ‘devastate’ the businesses that depend on snowmobilers, Maine Snowmobile Association President Al Swett said.
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PublishedDecember 6, 2024
Greater Augusta Utilities District shuts down two wells for high PFAS levels
All water in the district, which provides public drinking water to Augusta, now comes from three wells near Bond Brook.
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PublishedNovember 27, 2024
Rae Ann Lajoie, Vassalboro: Coming through for people when they need it most
From taking people into her home to caring for family members, she’s always ‘doing something for someone.’
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PublishedNovember 21, 2024
Johnson Hall Opera House in Gardiner to show locally made movie
The film, ‘a Peace of Forest,’ was made by a Maine couple in Whitefield over four years. It is the first feature-length film to be shown in Johnson Hall since 1958.
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PublishedNovember 4, 2024
State investigates reports of people illegally offering to drop off absentee ballots in Gardiner, Bangor
Gardiner City Clerk Kathleen Cutler said the city has received two reports of a person with a Massachusetts license plate offering to take and deliver absentee ballots.
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