More than 2,200 athletes to compete in Ironman half-triathlon as race returns to Augusta area

The event was a boon to the local economy last year, bringing $2.6 million to central Maine hotels, restaurants and other businesses.

Fireman’s muster helps kick off a longer Richmond Days celebration for the town’s bicentennial year

On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of its founding, town officials stretched the traditional celebration to a week, including the fireman's muster, which showcases the restored hand tubs that were instrumental to fighting fires before steam engines replaced human powered pumpers.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Kennebec Valley participating in nutrition program

Bonds forged at Gardiner High School keep unusual class connected 70 years later

Members of the class of 1953 credit their original class president, the late Jimmy Ronco, for keeping them in touch long before social media.

Madison parents indicted in October crash that killed son, injured other children

Officials say Robert A. Simonds, 30, was driving when his family's pickup truck hit a tree, and the children's mother, Ashley A. Corson, 29, was indicted on the same charges for what the district attorney described as "accomplice liability."

Plan to convert former hospital in Gardiner into apartments wins initial approval

The Planning Board's decision about the first phase of the Gardiner Green project was met with disappointment from neighbors.

After three years of debate, Gardiner Planning Board to decide whether to allow controversial apartment, condo complex

Nearby residents have opposed the Gardiner Green housing development on Dresden Avenue, saying it would change the character of their neighborhood.

Eight years after devastating fire in Gardiner, damaged building posing safety risks gets demolished

City officials had to get a court order in order to take down the 235 Water St. structure after an engineering report declared it was at risk of catastrophic failure and was putting the residents in the neighboring building in grave danger.

Gardiner clubs merge soccer programs

Gardiner girl keeps moving despite chronic pain

Hanna Carlson, 8, has hypermobility syndrome, a genetic condition that causes chronic pain, joint pain and fatigue. She met with Maine's congressional delegation last month to advocate for children's hospital funding.