More than 200 people attended an emergency meeting called by parents opposed to the standards-based curriculum in use in RSU 18 elementary and middle school classrooms. But not all in attendance were critical of the system.

Organizers of the Winslow Fourth of July celebration are in need of at least 80 more volunteers to help with the festivities.

Hundreds will gather Friday morning to watch as North America’s first floating offshore wind turbine is lowered into the Penobscot River.

Philanthropist Kenneth Eskelund died Wednesday at a Portland hospital after falling ill at a Alfond Youth Center dinner.

Included will be new snowmaking technology and expanded terrain.