Gardiner’s weekly classic car show continues to celebrate nostalgia, car culture despite relocating due to flooding

For more than two decades, Gardiner's Thursday Night Cruise-In has drawn car lovers from across the state to swap stories and share their mutual love of antique, vintage and classic cars.

The alewife has seen a resurgence, and now a Benton festival returns to honor the native fish

The Benton Alewife Festival is scheduled for Saturday, resuming for the first time since 2019 when the coronavirus pandemic put it on pause.

Vassalboro academy graduates 13 game wardens

Gardiner man sentenced to 65 years in prison for murder, attempted killing with machete

Dylan Ketcham, 23, was sentenced Tuesday for the murder of Jordan Johnson and attack on Caleb Trudeau in January 2020.

Convicted bank thief pleads guilty to robbing Waterville Goodwill store with pellet gun

Kevin Lee Barr, who robbed a KeyBank branch in 2018, pleaded guilty Tuesday to also robbing the Waterville Goodwill store last year.

Augusta officials say property owners can host homeless campers

Officials also say many of the homeless people who had been staying at a now-closed overnight warming center are receiving help.

Maine state employees speak out about hiring, pay as legislators consider review of compensation system

More than two-thirds of state legislators have sponsored a bill that would require the Mills administration to allocate $1 million to study the pay of state workers.

Explosion, fire in truck parked outside Blaine House in Augusta not considered suspicious

A loud explosion was reported before flames engulfed the bed of a pickup parked alongside the governor's mansion.

Chancellor of Penn State Beaver named new president of UMA

The hiring of Jenifer Cushman caps off the second search for a president of the Augusta-based university following a botched search last year.

LGBTQ+ Fund seeks applications for 2023 grants