Building communication with partners and business prospects helped build the park's reputation, Jim Dinkle, retiring FirstPark executive director, said.

Some areas will see heat reach into the high 90s, while it will stay a bit cooler along the coast. Cooling centers are opening across the state, and a heat advisory has been issued.

The car crashed into a wooded median on Interstate 295 and caught fire, police said.

The car crashed into a wooded median on Interstate 295 and caught fire, police said.

The special meeting Thursday evening was called to address "questions arising on social media platforms, FOAA requests, Select Board un-involvement and any other topics that may be of question."

The Song Pirates, County Comfort and the Augusta Symphony Orchestra plan performances this week and Lakewood Theater will stage 'The Gentlman Clothier.'

In his April 3 column, “Just who the heck is this new columnist?” Steve Collins wrote, “I’ll do my best to be truthful and fair.” His Aug. 3 column, “Maine gubernatorial candidate spreads hate on campaign trail,” shows that Steve needs to try harder. Responding to Republican gubernatorial candidate Bobby Charles’ call for Somali-born legislator […]

Augusta voters will to be asked to approve $5.3 million in borrowing in November to pay for citywide infrastructure projects.

Waterville is expected to see a business shuffle, with Uncle Dean's Natural Market seeking to move from Grove Street in the city's South end to the former Save-A-Lot on The Concourse downtown, Favorites, the off-track betting business on College Avenue, moving to the former Habitat for Humanity store on Silver Street downtown and the Waterville Area Soup Kitchen hoping to buy the College Avenue building it shares with off-track betting so as to expand into that space.

The new lots, which will be open to the public, add more than 160 acres to KLT's extensive portfolio of permanently conserved land.