No decisions were made at Thursday’s meeting, which kicked off the mascot selection process after the school board voted to retire its controversial “Indians” nickname for high school sports teams.
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Fairfield restaurant owner accused of mishandling food in viral Facebook post passes health inspection
Tong Jiang, who has owned the restaurant for four years, has never failed a health inspection, according to Robert Long of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, including the most recent inspection performed on Wednesday.
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Winthrop High School student charged after threatening social media post
Winthrop interim Superintendent Cornelia Brown said the student threatened to “harm students” at the high school early Thursday morning.
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Homeless Veterans Stand Down ‘got the ball rolling’ for veteran to find housing, work
Saturday’s annual event at Togus will provide medical services, housing connections and other support to homeless veterans across Maine.
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Storm causes outages along the coast, but minimal impact in central Maine
Augusta records 25-mile-per-hour winds and less than inch of rain, while along the coast nearly 3 inches of rain was measured and gusts were recorded up to 62 miles per hour.
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Bees — about 80,000 of them — removed from building at Stevens Commons in Hallowell
Beekeeper Larry Davis said the large beehive found between the walls of the Erskine building took about three days to fully extract.
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Rally marks Indigenous Peoples Day in Waterville
Maulian Dana, the Penobscot Nation Tribal Ambassador, spoke about the triumphs that indigenous peoples have made in the past year.
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Hallowell man charged with firing gun at vehicle
Michael Butler was arrested Friday in Augusta and faces several charges, police say.
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Police continue to investigate Richmond man’s death
Andrew Sherman, 48, whose death is considered suspicious by police, was known locally as friendly and smart.
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Augusta woman wins more than $53,000 on ‘Jeopardy!’
Togus medical librarian Jessica Garsed won three games of “Jeopardy!” that aired last week and called it a “surreal experience.”