Instead of Santa and Mrs. Claus greeting children in their miniature North Pole village house in Castonguay Square, they will be inside the storefront window of the REM forum on Main Street downtown.

Two months into her husband’s deployment to Afghanistan with the Maine Army National Guard, Lynn Lewis is as determined as ever to make sure he feels as much a part of the family as is possible

A new group of community volunteers is working to provide poor children with clothing and open a food pantry in the George J. Mitchell School, which will join a growing number in Maine that sends food home.

Boston fought until the last second on Columbus Day afternoon, but ultimately suffered its second loss of the season.

Motorist Donna Jackson, 59, of Waterville and Knox, was pronounced dead at the scene after an oncoming pickup truck crossed the center line, the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said.