Watch: Federal official tours Augusta facility for children with special needs

A privately funded $5.9 million expansion allows the Children's Center of Augusta at 1 Alden Ave. to help more children, but need in Maine exceeds availability of services.

Albion celebrates bicentennial with parade, music, games, food, historical offerings

Hundreds flocked Saturday to Albion to celebrate the town's 200th birthday.

A 13-year-old Bingham girl has been stuck in the ER since Christmas. She just wants a place to call home.

Her parents, hospital officials, advocates and state officials want to find a placement, but there's no place else to go.

Sushi from Yosaku, ajo sauce from Maiz and more: Maine moms’ first bites after giving birth

For Mother's Day, we talked to experts about the latest nutrition advice for pregnant woman and to moms about what they craved.

Reporting Aside: Waterville highlights youth art

Children from 32 central Maine schools are exhibiting their works at the Paul J. Schupf Art Center and Greene Block + Studios through Sunday as part of Youth Art Month, Amy Calder writes.

Concerts for a Cause presents KindKids Music

USDA estimates 21 million kids, including in Maine, will get summer food benefits

Maine is among the states where children will receive food benefits this summer through a newly permanent federal program.

UMF’s Sweatt-Winter programs settles into new building

'This year will be a play year,' Director Erica Thompson said when asked how she saw the program expanding in the new building, which is more than double in size.

The Children’s Museum & Theatre of Maine presents ‘Go, Dog. Go!’

Our View: The child poverty rate doubled because we let it

The expiration of the federal child tax credit left American children behind last year. We should be way past scaremongering about ‘welfare’ and ‘generosity.’