Ethan Horton

Hallowell

Reporter at Kennebec Journal

he/him | now @centralmenews, used to @dailytarheel | UNC '24, em dash lover, Oxford comma hater

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Articles

Kennebec County 9.6% spending increase gets final approval

3 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

AUGUSTA — Kennebec County commissioners approved the county’s budget for the next fiscal year during a meeting Tuesday, officially adding 9.6% to a spending total that has ballooned over the past five years. Much of the hike in the new $25.5 million budget came from wage increases for employees of the Kennebec County Correctional Facility and the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office, the county’s two biggest departments.
Kennebec County officials OK 10% spending increase

4 weeks ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

AUGUSTA — Officials approved a 9.6% spending jump to the Kennebec County budget Wednesday after more than two hours of deliberation, sending the budget to the county commissioners for final approval next week. The budget committee — a group of municipal officials from across the county who have been meeting since mid-February — approved the budget by a 6-1 vote, with Gardiner City Clerk Kathleen Cutler the lone vote against.
Vienna official resigns after threat over tax revaluation

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

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Central Maine, Sun Journal name new managing editors

1 month ago | sunjournal.com | Ethan Horton

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Waterville’s Northern Light Inland Hospital to close in May

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

WATERVILLE — Northern Light Inland Hospital and its affiliated clinics will close May 27, hospital officials announced Thursday. Northern Light Health, the nonprofit that owns Inland Hospital, said Thursday the decision comes as a result of higher operational costs, low reimbursement rates and ongoing recruitment and retention struggles.
Hallowell asks for bids, proposals to renovate historic fire station

1 month ago | sunjournal.com | Ethan Horton

HALLOWELL — The City Council voted to seek proposals to renovate the Second Street fire station during its meeting Monday, a major step in the future of the historic building and the hundreds of fire department artifacts inside. The city’s request for proposals, or RFP, asks for bids that would preserve the historic nature of the building — including a museum inside — and keep the Hallowell Food Pantry in the basement of the building.
‘My whole life has been tied up in that piece of property’

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

MANCHESTER — Matt Sinclair explored the 100-acre woods behind his house almost daily as a kid. It was an entire world. He discovered mushrooms and centuries-old stone walls and foundations of long-forgotten homesteads and even moose on long treks to Jamies Pond and back. “That property is a huge portion of my identity,” Sinclair said. “I built forts. I fished. I ran through the woods.
Kennebec County jail, sheriff ask for $1.3 million spending jump

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

AUGUSTA — Kennebec County’s two largest departments asked the county’s budget committee Wednesday for a combined $1.35 million more in spending to increase pay and accommodate rising operational costs. The Kennebec County Correctional Facility, the county’s single largest department, proposed a $14 million budget that would include unfreezing six correctional officer positions that have been capped for the past several years to save taxpayer funds. Capt.
Hallowell residents say they want new city manager to be finance-focused

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

HALLOWELL — Residents say they want their new city manager to be a finance-minded problem solver who can seek creative solutions to keeping property taxes low. About 40 Hallowell residents met with Eaton Peabody hiring consultant Don Gerrish Tuesday, in one of the first steps in Hallowell’s search to replace for City Manager Gary Lamb, who will leave his post in June. Lamb announced his resignation last month during a weekend City Council work session.
Kennebec County budget cuts could remove doctors from high-impact scenes

1 month ago | centralmaine.com | Ethan Horton

AUGUSTA — Kennebec County’s MD3 program, a one-of-its-kind initiative in Maine that brings doctors along with first responders to high-impact scenes, could be among the cuts made during county budget discussions this spring. The program was launched in December 2023 using funds from the American Rescue Plan Act — a $1.9 trillion pandemic-era federal grant package for local governments across the country.