Meg Robbins covers general news in the towns of Oakland, Winslow, China and Vassalboro for the Morning Sentinel. Though she grew up in New Jersey, her ties to Maine reach back generations. Meg’s work has appeared in the Vineyard Gazette, Pine Tree Watch, NJ Spotlight and various other outlets. A graduate of Bowdoin College, Meg began working for the Morning Sentinel in Sept. 2018 after living in South Africa for a year, where she produced a documentary about stand-up comedy. She geeks out over “Saturday Night Live,” movies, cats and good coffee.
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PublishedJuly 16, 2024
Florida investor uses internal records to sue power company for alleged fraud
The lawsuit by NextEra shareholders includes claims the company spent dark money to oppose the New England Clean Energy Corridor transmission line through western Maine.
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PublishedMay 30, 2024
People on the move
NEW HIRES EqualityMaine has hired a new vice president and appointed a president of its board of directors. Melissa Martin has been named vice president of the organization. Martin was previously the public policy and legal director at the Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault and has worked for Pine Tree Legal Assistance and former Maine […]
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PublishedMay 23, 2024
People on the move
NEW HIRES Mike Adams has joined Bangor Savings Bank as a new vice president and senior fiduciary officer and counsel for the company’s wealth management group based in Portland. Adams received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern Maine and his JD from the University of Maine School of Law. Before he started his […]
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PublishedMay 2, 2024
Barnes & Noble to open South Portland bookstore
The South Portland shop will be located at the former Bed Bath & Beyond building at 200 Running Hill Road.
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PublishedApril 26, 2024
Portland coffee company becomes first in Maine to ratify contract with labor union
Coffee By Design and baristas who are a part of Local 327 of the Laborers’ International Union of North America have reached an agreement that includes 2 pay increases within a year.
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PublishedFebruary 29, 2024
Maine’s only Macy’s will be spared from nationwide cuts
The department store that anchors The Maine Mall in South Portland will not be among the 150 locations the company plans to close over the next 3 years, officials said.
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PublishedNovember 16, 2023
Central Maine landlord accused of sexually harassing tenants, asking for sex instead of rent
Fred L. Wheeler II of Manchester has been accused of violating the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing women tenants and applicants for the housing units he has managed in Augusta, Lewiston and Sabbatus since 2016.
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PublishedSeptember 27, 2023
Toy gun that looked real draws armed police response to Augusta park
Water guns designed to look like handguns are a public safety concern, city police said.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2023
Plane crashes in Litchfield with 2 aboard
Emergency responders at the scene said body parts were found in the wreckage of the twin-engine Beechcraft BE99 that went down near Buker Road.
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PublishedJuly 17, 2023
Readfield man who feuded with town for nearly a decade dies in single-car crash
Robert Bittar, 82, was killed days after withdrawing his latest lawsuit against the town.
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