Bowdoin, Thorndike and other communities list active departments, but they’re only a firefighter or two away from being unable to respond.
Vanessa Paolella
Vanessa Paolella is an intern, through a partnership with Bates College, for The Maine Monitor. She twice interned with the Sun Journal as a general assignment reporter. Vanessa is a 2021 graduate of Bates College, where she studied geology and led the transition to digital-first publication of The Bates Student as editor in chief. She now works full-time for the Sun Journal covering local education.
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