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East Benton family prepares for 48th edition of Fiddlers Convention

The annual East Benton Fiddler's Contest and Convention will resume this Sunday after skipping last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Business

Fight between rival energy companies threatens to delay CMP’s $1 billion energy corridor

CMP parent Avangrid is locked in a bitter dispute with rival NextEra over the upgrading of equipment at the Seabrook nuclear station, without which the 145-mile corridor can’t connect to the New England grid.
Business

After 54 years, F.L. Butler Co. stops oil delivery services in Farmington

The Makinen family delivered oil to 240 customers in Franklin County for over half a century.

Thomas College won’t require students, faculty, staff to be vaccinated

Editorials

Our View: This is not your father’s inflation

Amy Calder

Amy Calder: They have a passion for feeding the hungry

Schools and Education

Former Brunswick athletic director now Cony Middle School’s assistant principal

Local & State

Pittston Fair in full swing on opening day, crowds expected to rise over the weekend

Local & State

Maine CDC reports 54 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, no additional deaths

Local & State

Malinowski elected to Pittston Select Board

A special election also took place in Richmond, with a citizen's petition to amend the Land Use Ordinance to allow individual well and septic systems for developments defeated at the polls.

Local & State

Mask mandate on public transportation is driving confusion and some confrontation

Local & State Posted: 6:53 PM

Maine Academy of Natural Sciences graduates 21 in Threshold program Friday
Local & State Posted: 4:56 PM

Augusta: What do you want in your next city manager?
Politics Posted: 4:23 PM

Maine lawmaker who downplayed pandemic’s risk contracts COVID-19
Maine Crime Posted: 4:17 PM

Somerset County courts for Jan. 11-22, 2021
Maine Crime Posted: 3:30 PM

Somerset County courts for Jan. 4-8, 2021
Maine Crime Posted: 3:18 PM

Central Maine July 23 police log
Local & State Posted: 3:17 PM

Gardiner wastewater treatment upgrades are underway
News Posted: 3:11 PM

Somerset County courts for Dec. 21-31, 2020
Local & State Posted: 2:57 PM

‘Richmond Nights’ gives town a taste of annual celebration
Business Posted: 2:38 PM

Fight between rival energy companies threatens to delay CMP’s $1 billion energy corridor
Posted: 1:34 PM

Jay man dies in early-morning ATV crash in Canton
Nation & World Posted: 1:03 PM

Firefighters end search and rescue efforts at Florida condo collapse

MAINE COVID-19 VACCINE TRACKER

Fully vaccinated

805,416

Percent of Maine population

59.92%

Full vaccination includes 1-dose vaccine

Sources: Maine CDC and U.S. Census Bureau.

Where can I get vaccinated?

Maine Crime

Reward of $10,000 offered for help catching armed bank robber in Maine
Local & State

Unvaccinated Maine lawyer required to wear mask during trial
Local & State

Maine National Guard soldiers to deploy to southern border
Local & State

Former Congressman Bruce Poliquin looks to build housing, park at site of former Bath cannery
Local & State

Week In Photos July 16-23, 2021
Maine Crime

Former China man found guilty in sexual exploitation, abuse trial
Local & State

Waterville council approves $46.5 million budget, cuts tax rate by 26 cents
Opinion

Tell Us: Do the rules of free speech extend to politicians on social media?

today's letters

Letters to the Editor

Follow-up material for Nemitz’s column

Local & State news

Local & State

Maine Academy of Natural Sciences graduates 21 in Threshold program Friday
Local & State

Augusta: What do you want in your next city manager?
Politics

Maine lawmaker who downplayed pandemic’s risk contracts COVID-19
Maine Crime

Somerset County courts for Jan. 11-22, 2021
Maine Crime

Somerset County courts for Jan. 4-8, 2021
Maine Crime

Central Maine July 23 police log

Recent Headlines

Local & State

Waterville mayor says he’s ‘extremely thankful,’ hasn’t decided yet whether to resign

Schools and Education

Sanford man ends decadelong dispute with Waterville Christian school after paying court-ordered legal fees

Maine Crime

Police seize 4 pounds of cocaine disguised as a cake in stop on I-295 in Gardiner

Sports roundup

Sports

Caleb Manuel finishes second at New England Amateur Championship

Portland Sea Dogs

Sea Dogs winning streak ends at 15 games with 1-0 loss to Harrisburg

Olympics

From canoe slalom to rock climbing, the Tokyo Olympics are full of intriguing yet lesser-known sports

Winslow man arrested on drunken driving charges after allegedly causing highway crash

Police said Seth Tozier, 33, of Winslow, was traveling south on Interstate 95 in Pittsfield when he rear-ended a pickup truck in front of him.

Gardiner wastewater treatment upgrades are underway

The $3.5 million project, funded by a combination of federal loan and grant money, is replacing the aging treatment infrastructure with a newer version that's more energy efficient.

Somerset County courts for Dec. 21-31, 2020

Closed cases from Skowhegan District Court and Somerset County Superior Court.

Today’s editorial cartoon

Amy Calder: They have a passion for feeding the hungry

The St. John Food Pantry in Winslow is desperate for a new space after having been housed in a church basement at 26 Monument St. in Winslow for more than 60 years.