Emily Duggan is a staff writer for the Kennebec Journal. She graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of New Hampshire, where she was a news editor and staff writer for The New Hampshire. Before working at the Kennebec Journal, she interned at the Portland Press Herald and freelanced for the Granite State News Collaborative. A Portland native, Emily loves exploring the city, reading, and playing with her two cats.
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PublishedJanuary 3, 2024
Maine State House evacuated as state capitols across U.S. face bomb threats
About 300 people were ordered out of the Maine State House because of the hoax bomb threat Wednesday afternoon, on the first day of a new legislative session.
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PublishedDecember 24, 2023
Watch: Residents in Augusta had a moose on the loose in their backyard
The moose traveled to Murray Street at around 7:30 p.m. on Saturday night.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2023
A local property manager organized power restoration in Hallowell after this week’s flooding
HALLOWELL — If it wasn’t for Bridget Barrow going door-to-door with a local electrician, businesses in Hallowell might still be without power. Like other places in central Maine, Hallowell’s Water Street sustained substantial flood and wind damage from this week’s massive rainstorm, which pushed the Kennebec River to unprecedented levels. The local businesses on the […]
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PublishedDecember 10, 2023
Winthrop School District one of several to report issues with new electric school buses
Two of Winthrop’s brand-new Lion Electric Company school buses have not hit the road yet because of malfunctioning windshields, Superintendent Jim Hodgkin said. Yarmouth and Vinalhaven have experienced similar problems.
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PublishedDecember 5, 2023
Maine launches $1 million ad campaign to attract teachers amid shortage
The initiative is funded with pandemic relief money and quantifies for the first time the number of educator vacancies in Maine: over 850.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2023
Maine State Police investigating man’s death in Fairfield
Fairfield police responded to a call at a residence on Main Street at about 3:30 p.m., where officers found the body of a man.
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PublishedNovember 29, 2023
After a pair of students wore suits and neckties to school, many at Chelsea Elementary School now dress up for ‘Dapper Wednesday’
Third grade students James Ramage and Lincoln Bolitho, both 8, began dressing up for school last year as second graders, and the tradition has caught on among other students and staff members.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2023
81-year-old Farmingdale woman found safe
A Silver Alert had been issued Sunday afternoon for Barbara Loken of Farmingdale.
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PublishedNovember 26, 2023
Richmond teenager has a goal to donate 3,000 lbs. of food to the local food pantry by end of year — and he’s close
Koleman Kroesser, 17, has donated food and his time to the Richmond Food Pantry since he was in 8th grade and as he nears the end of the year, he wants to donate 3,000 lbs. of food.
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PublishedNovember 5, 2023
Bill and Aaron Young: ‘Bill was Aaron’s idol’
The victims at Just-in-Time Recreation and Schemengees Bar & Grille had rich lives worth remembering apart from that terrible night.
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