Alna resident to serve as first executive director of Rural Youth Institute

Megan Taft of Alna will serve as the institute's executive director.

Husson University names honor students

Students were named to the president's, dean's and honors lists for the 2023-24 school year.

Thanksgiving meals, pie sales, volunteer opportunities

Augusta, Gardiner, Madison, Madrid, Oakland, Readfield, Skowhegan, Thorndike, Waterville and Winslow are among communities planned Thanksgiving festivities.

Mid-Maine Chamber president on vacation weathers Florida hurricane

Kimberly Lindlof, president and CEO of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce in Waterville, described riding out Hurricane Milton at her condo in Venice, Florida, where she is vacationing.

Injuries forced Thorndike football team to halt a game. Now it hopes to finish season with enough players.

Mount View, which competes in the eight-man division, had only nine healthy players when a game against Telstar was stopped in the second quarter.

Madison Oliver, Mount View High School

Update: Maine State Police investigating offensive language, swastika painted on post office in Thorndike

Postal workers spent Wednesday painting over graffiti that had been spray-painted in bright yellow on the post office on Mountain View Road.

In wake of Maine crashes, officials preach safety when cars and horse-drawn buggies share the road

As Amish people have settled in Maine communities, buggies have become a more common sight and experts say motorists have had to adjust.

Boys basketball: Decades after coaching Thorndike school to state title, Greg Reid now behind the wheel for the Mustangs

Reid coached the 1986-87 Mount View boys to the program's only Gold Ball, and he now enjoys his time as a bus driver in the school district.

RSU 3 superintendent resigns 3 days into start of the school year

The resignation of Superintendent Charles Brown took effect Thursday and the chairwoman of the Unity-area school board offered no explanation in a statement released to parents.