Matthew Boucher wins Kennebec County register of deeds race

Mathew Boucher, a small business owner and graphic artist, will assume full-time duties at the register of deeds office in January after defeating incumbent register Diane Wilson, who has worked in the deeds office for 25 years.

Women’s rights, inflation, the economy among the issues drawing Waterville-area voters to polls

Voter turnout appeared to be strong Tuesday at polling sites in Oakland, Skowhegan, Waterville and elsewhere.

Oakland students use Halloween as opportunity to donate food, lots of it, to pantries

Around 450 students at Messalonskee Middle School walked Monday to the Oakland-Sidney United Methodist Church with some much-needed donations.

A sweet family affair in Oakland as candy shop turns 5

An owner of a 'hole-in-the-wall' store reflects on five years in business, much of it during the COVID-19 pandemic, after moving from a downtown location to a storefront on Kennedy Memorial Drive.

Two candidates vie to become Kennebec County register of deeds

Incumbent Democrat C. Diane Wilson and Republican Matthew Boucher are running for register of deeds, which oversees maintaining and preserving the documents recorded at the registry, including mortgages, deeds and plans.

SNAPSHOT: Waterville church holds diaper drive to benefit Essentials Closet

Removal of LGBTQ-themed poster at Oakland school stirs debate, but remedy appears in hand

The superintendent of Regional School Unit 18, Carl Gartley, had expressed concern the poster was provided by what he believed was a political organization, OUT Maine, but he is working with Messalonskee High School's Gay-Straight Alliance on a modified version of the poster.

Diaper drives to kick off Oct. 21 in Kennebec, Somerset counties

Oakland ShineOn Saturday event breaks attendance record

Oakland cemeteries fall cleanup set for October