More than 300 Colby College students, staff members, administrators and faculty members will go to 30 sites in Waterville and beyond on Saturday to help organize food and clothes for the needy; clean up museums, playgrounds, parks and trails; and devise art projects for children.

Colby College is the fourth college in the country to become 100 percent carbon-neutral, a term that means that its net impact on greenhouse gas emissions is zero.

Call me old-fashioned, but I believe the more fictional violence is produced on TV, online and in the movies, the more it gets embedded in our psyches and more violent incidents occur.

Ski areas in northwestern Maine are reporting higher attendance and a longer season this year, citing significantly heavier snowfall and colder weather in comparison to the mild previous season.

Mike Miclon has been named the new executive and artistic director of Johnson Hall Performing Arts Center in Gardiner.