The Hathaway Creative Center developer plans a hotel and conference center in former mill buildings while Colby College explores downtown housing for students and staff.

Fishing on the Kennebec River has rebounded this year, keeping shacks occupied, but concern remains for the fishery and trouble may loom for it next year.

The Copy Center in Augusta left its cramped quarters for a larger space, the latest in a string of businesses at that location on U.S. Route 202.

Last year 25 people died in fires in Maine, and non-functioning smoke detectors may have played a role in all but two of those, Augusta’s fire chief said.