A loud, proud crowd of fiddle enthusiasts gathered at a family farm in Benton today to stomp their feet and draw their bows during the 41st annual East Benton Fiddler’s Contest, Convention and Bluegrass Festival.

Le Club Calumet has commissioned a 33-by-10 1/2 foot mural, to be created on the rear wall of the stage in the main function room, in celebration of the Franco-American club’s 90th anniversary.

A Washington novelist has based her latest book loosely on the life of Samantha Smith, the Manchester schoolgirl who, 30 years ago, was invited to the Soviet Union by Yuri Andropov.

After no contractors bid on building a new Gardiner Common gazebo, the city plans to issue a new request for proposals on Monday that calls for the gazebo to be completed by next May.

Derek Ellis, 41, of Skowhegan, is only the second park ranger to manage the 320-acre Lake George Regional Park, on U.S. Route 2 in Skowhegan and Canaan, since it opened in 1992.

Large number of nontraditional students, which penalizes school in national statistics, has university seeking better way to demonstrate its performance

Mary-Anne LaMarre, the newest board member of Regional School Unit 18 has significantly different positions on key issues than Donna Doucette, whom she succeeded.

Seven people have taken out papers to run for three Augusta City Council spots, including state office holder Dale McCormick and several incumbents.