Fairfield woman escapes injury when vehicle rolls into snowbank in Athens

Tonja Dodge, 35, lost control of her car after swerving to avoid a deer on Route 150, heavily damaging her car, the sheriff said.

Athens Corner Store sold to New York group

The Jewell family sells the store after more than 20 years on the Athens downtown corner

Rochester Institute of Technology fall semester dean’s list

Charter school preserving the past in downtown Skowhegan building

Cornville Regional Charter School is restoring the building that once housed Skowhegan District Court and Variety Drug Store, planting middle and high school classes in the midst of history.

Two World War II veterans among those honored in Athens

The town appropriated money at Town Meeting for a plaque honoring vets to be mounted on a stone near a new flagpole at Athens Fairground.

Woman, dog escaped West Athens fire that started around wood stove

Firefighters flattened the house to make sure blaze was 100 percent out, while the American Red Cross is helping the resident to get back on her feet.

Tractor-trailer crash knocks out power in downtown Athens

The trailer's tires caught the soft shoulder on Route 150, and the truck rolled over onto its side, damaging CMP utility poles.

Athens family marks end of a generation with death of Freda Rowell

Earland and Freda Rowell ran Rowell's General Store with the good of the community they served from the 1950s in mind.

Athens voters approve food-sovereignty rules at town meeting

The town also approved a proposal to make the road commissioner's job an appointive position rather than an elective one, as it has been.

Athens special town meeting to decide water issue, food sovereignty

Residents will vote on whether the Athens Corner Store can put a well on town property, a food sovereignty ordinance proposed by farmer and teacher Kassie Dwyer, and whether to appoint or elect the road commissioner.