The federal budget, approved by Congress last week and expected to go to President Joe Biden for his signature this week, includes funding for local projects ranging from the Colonial Theater in Augusta to a fire station in North Anson.
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Bowdoin man summoned after pickup truck hits Waterville apartment building
Police say the Dodge pickup was traveling at high speed Monday night on College Avenue when it left the road, snapped off a utility pole and crashed into the apartment building, causing what the building owner says is tens of thousands of dollars of damage.
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Group announces 260 acres of Pittston land now preserved as ‘forever wild’
The land was donated to the Northeast Wilderness Trust, which said the ‘Tidal Bends Wilderness Preserve’ contains a freshwater tidal zone and a mature forest that appears to have not been logged for many decades.
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Sisters are doing it for themselves: Fundraising underway for Saint Joseph’s Nature Sanctuary
The Sisters of St. Joseph of Lyon, a Roman Catholic convent in Winslow, are looking to their legacy. They have partnered with local horticulturalists to transform four acres along the Sebasticook River into a nature sanctuary, and have raised $20,000 toward their $36,000 goal.
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Augusta Community Christmas Dinner volunteers deliver meals, fellowship
Volunteers at the South Parish Congregational Church prepared meals Christmas Day, while other delivered the food to community members.
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Cornville man, 24, killed in single-vehicle crash, police say
Israel Parsons died Saturday night on Molunkus Road in Cornville, according to officials.
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Waterville Area Soup Kitchen serves first Christmas meal at new location
Volunteers at the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen welcome members of the community to the organization’s first Christmas lunch at The Lighthouse.
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Power restored to most customers in central Maine in wake of storm
Electricity was restored to nearly everyone in Kennebec County by Christmas Day after a weekend storm brought heavy rain and wind gusts that left about 300,000 customers in the dark across the state.
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Christmas Eve fire destroys historic Gardiner home
Firefighters battle Saturday morning blaze at the Laura Richards House at 3 Dennis St., where an occupant of the home suffered burns.
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Thousands in central Maine lose power as winter storm grips region
A massive storm that has rolled across the U.S. blew into central Maine on Friday with heavy rain and wind gusts up to 65 mph.