WINSLOW — Town councilors voiced unanimous support Monday to pursue grant money for a major rope manufacturer in town.

IN FAIRFIELD, Friday at 3 p.m., larceny or forgery was investigated on Maple Street.

AUGUSTA — It’s a stalemate in the duel over who fill the district attorney’s post in Kennebec and Somerset counties until an election can be held.

WATERVILLE — Mayor Karen Heck wants more people to be involved in city affairs. To that end, she and City Manager Michael Roy are inviting residents to join them at Waterville Public Library to learn more about how the city budget process works, how the tax rate is determined and what fiscal challenges the city […]

SKOWHEGAN — A local man has been indicted by a Somerset County grand jury on a charge of allegedly stabbing another man several times in a fight at Indian Ridge Apartments Feb. 29.
Nathaniel Knight, 31, of Skowhegan, faces seven criminal charges — four of them felonies — including a burglary at nearby West Front Street Market a short time before the stabbing. Knight is accused of stabbing Jason Tibbetts, 34, after a reported fight that spilled outside onto the snowy ground.

LIVERMORE FALLS — Four teenage boys are accused of setting fires at a Hammond Lumber yard and detonating homemade explosives in unrelated incidents over the weekend, the state fire marshal’s office said.