Maine National Guard awards best of the best

The annual ceremony was held for Outstanding Airman of the Year and Best Warrior in Augusta.

Standish councilor can bid on land he donated to town

Walter Butler paid $350,000 for a rundown industrial building on 50 acres in 2014 and donated 22 acres to the town for soccer fields that were never built. He is being allowed to bid – at least $300,000 – to get the land back, but the town now says it likely will hold onto the land.

He donated land for soccer fields in Standish. Now the town is selling it.

Businessman Walter Butler wants to buy back the 22-acre gift he made for school athletes in 2014. But because he's now a town councilor, the municipality says it's not that simple.

Hank Beebe, prolific composer and founder of Schoolhouse Arts in Standish, dies at 96

Before he came to Maine, Beebe had a successful career on and off Broadway. A service and sing-along will be held Saturday.

Weekend freeze has plumbers scrambling to repair burst pipes

Temperatures across Maine plunged to double digits below zero last weekend, forcing plumbers, firefighters and emergency responders to juggle hundreds of calls for help.

Former jail guard won’t serve prison time for 2019 fatal crash

Kenneth Morang, 65, received a 6-year suspended sentence after being convicted of manslaughter in the 2019 death of Raelynn Bell.

Four injured in head-on crash in Standish on Friday night

The crash, which occurred on Route 35, also known as Bonny Eagle Road, is still under investigation.

SNAPSHOT: St. Dom students participate in ‘Are You Fitter Than a Fifth Grader?’

Extension continues workshops for land, sea farmers Oct. 9, 16

Mother, daughter seriously injured when car collides with dump truck in Standish

Rebecca McVety, 32, of Standish was transported by Lifeflight helicopter to a Portland hospital with life-threatening injuries, authorities said.