International exchange students learn about Thanksgiving

Pick-your-own hemp season opens in Whitefield

Sheepscot General Farm, one of only a few dozen licensed hemp growers in Maine, offers four strains of hemp plants to people who want to make their own CBD products.

Maine Apple Sunday arrives as orchards report a bountiful harvest

The 21st annual event will be held this weekend with more than 15 orchards across the state participating.

With Amish buggy crashes on the rise in central Maine, experts advise to pay attention to roads

There have been at least four Amish buggy crashes this summer alone, and members of the community and experts advise safe driving to ensure more crashes do not happen.

Fire at Whitefield restaurant determined to be accidental

State fire marshal's office has determined the electrical fire that broke out at Aunt Gin's early Saturday was accidental.

Future of Whitefield’s Aunt Gin’s restaurant is up in the air

Co-owner Wyatt Shorey said the Augusta Road restaurant, which opened in 2015, is closed for now — but maybe for good — after a fire early Saturday damaged the bar and dining areas.

Man arrested in Whitefield family’s farmstand destruction

Wayne Mullens, owner of the front-end loader police believe was used to rip apart Swallowtail Farm and Creamery's farmstand in Coopers Mills, was arrested Thursday night in Gardiner.

Fewer students statewide are using free meals, even though it’s available for all

Communities have stepped up to help get meals out to students through the food bank and volunteers, but increased remote learning and home schooling mean fewer students are taking advantage of free meals compared with last year.

Whitefield officials to crack down on messy lawns, permanent yard sales

Code Enforcement Officer Arthur Strout said the issue with messy properties has only gotten worse since voters passed a junkyard ordinance in 2018.

Two canoeists rescued from swollen Sheepscot River in Whitefield

Firefighters used a Gardiner Fire ladder truck to pluck pair from rock in swollen river on Saturday.