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Whitefield family’s farmstand destroyed by tractor driver

Police are investigating as the community rallies to offer Swallowtail Farm and Creamery support and help in rebuilding.

Local & State

Mainers 60 and older eligible for COVID-19 vaccine next week as state shifts to age-based rollout
Local & State

West Gardiner teen becomes Maine’s first female Eagle Scout
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Maine Tackles Pandemic

Schools and Education

Worried about COVID-19, Bates cracks down on students violating rules

Local & State

Gov. Mills’ plan to switch vaccinations to age-based eligibility gets mixed reaction

Varsity Maine

Maine’s high school wrestling season officially canceled

Gardiner announces plan to reopen city buildings, library Monday

Local & State

Man injured, cat dies in early morning Pittsfield fire

A 34-year-old man was transported to Sebasticook Valley Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and a cat died in an early Friday morning fire.

Schools and Education

Readfield-area school hosts community racism discussion to culminate learning topic

Maine Crime

Pittston man sentenced to 3 years in prison for sex offenses against children

William T. Sevon pleaded guilty to multiple counts of unlawful sexual contact and visual sexual aggression against a child and was sentenced to 8 years in prison with all but 3 years suspended.

Local & State

Investigators: Victim of Camden fire was 14-year-old boy

Schools and Education

Former Newport Elementary School to become electrical worker apprenticeship training facility

Editorials

Our View: Anti-mask resolution misuses the Americans with Disabilities Act

Boston Celtics Posted: Yesterday at 11:42 PM

Celtics fight off Pacers, halt three-game losing streak
Maine Crime Posted: Yesterday at 10:51 PM

Somerset County courts for March 2-6, 2020
Varsity Maine Posted: Yesterday at 10:11 PM

Local roundup: Gardiner girls basketball rolls to win over Morse
Arts & Entertainment Posted: Yesterday at 10:07 PM

Lady Gaga’s dogs turn up safe after theft and shooting
Boston Bruins Posted: Yesterday at 10:07 PM

Strome, Kreider lead Rangers to 6-2 win over Bruins
Nation & World Posted: Yesterday at 9:29 PM

Canadian regulator authorizes AstraZeneca vaccine
Posted: Yesterday at 8:46 PM

Boys basketball: Erskine, Messalonskee turn page to tournament
Nation & World Posted: Yesterday at 8:40 PM

At conservative conference, Trump is still the golden boy
Sports Posted: Yesterday at 8:28 PM

Girls basketball: Lawrence bests Waterville in a tournament tune-up
Nation & World Posted: Yesterday at 8:23 PM

Oath Keeper charged in Capitol riot renounces militia group
Politics Posted: Yesterday at 8:13 PM

Pandemic relief bill nears passage in House as Democrats look to salvage minimum wage hike
Varsity Maine Posted: Yesterday at 7:28 PM

Skiing: High school athletes grateful for a most unusual season

Local & State

Undisclosed number of sheep die in early morning barn fire in China
Local & State

After 2 hours of tense discussion, Norridgewock Planning Board OKs landfill expansion
Amy Calder

Amy Calder: Seeking answers to her daughter’s last days from 3,000 miles away
Maine Crime

Brunswick traffic stop leads to arrest of Waterville man allegedly speeding in stolen car, possession of opioids
Local & State

Week In Photos Feb. 19-26, 2021
Opinion

Tell Us: Should Maine relax rules for physical distancing in schools to get more students in the classroom?
Politics

United States attorney for Maine stepping down, at Biden’s request
Nation & World

Sen. Collins pushes for emergency diaper assistance funding
Local & State

U.S. House backs York River’s ‘wild and scenic’ designation

today's letters

Letters to the Editor

Many Republicans just as guilty as Trump
- Hickman knows how to get things done

Local & State news

Maine Crime

Somerset County courts for March 2-6, 2020
Maine Crime

Central Maine Feb. 26 police log
Schools and Education

Readfield-area school hosts community racism discussion to culminate learning topic
Maine Crime

Pittston man sentenced to 3 years in prison for sex offenses against children
Schools and Education

Former Newport Elementary School to become electrical worker apprenticeship training facility
Local & State

Gardiner announces plan to reopen city buildings, library Monday

Recent Headlines

Local & State

Gardiner city councilor says she’s being ‘poor-shamed,’ won’t resign over unpaid taxes
- Gardiner city councilor behind on property taxes, asked to resign

Local & State

Maine Lives Lost: Donald Perreault, Marine Corps vet and welder who loved the outdoors
- Maine Lives Lost: Sharon Merrill, educator, guidance counselor and world traveler

Schools and Education

Carrabec schools superintendent calls for students to be learning in person all the time

Sports roundup

Varsity Maine

Boys hockey: ‘COVID Cup’ tournament coming to central Maine

Varsity Maine

Skiing: High school athletes grateful for a most unusual season

Varsity Maine

Morse girls basketball coach Jeannine Paradis setting the standard

Man injured, cat dies in early morning Pittsfield fire

A 34-year-old man was transported to Sebasticook Valley Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and a cat died in an early Friday morning fire.

Augusta may declare 2 homes, commercial garage ‘dangerous’

Properties on Mount Vernon Avenue and South Grove Street, have problems including missing sections of roof.

Suspect in 2016 Portland killing returned to Maine, pleads not guilty

Former South Portland resident Aristotle Stilley was arrested in California last fall and extradited this month to Maine, where he is accused of shooting two men, killing one of them.

Our View: Anti-mask resolution misuses the Americans with Disabilities Act

Selectmen in the town of Paris, among others, are making a mockery of rights won by people with disabilities.

J.P. Devine Movie Review: ‘The Rolling Stones Olé Olé Olé!: A Trip Across Latin America’

We revisit The 2016 10-city tour with the Rolling Stones — breaking ground as the first-ever rock band to play in Cuba since Fidel lost his khakis — being displayed in full color on Netflix, J.P. Devine writes.