PORTLAND — Burt’s Bees co-founder Roxanne Quimby and The Maine College of Art will merge the Quimby Colony with MECA’s curriculum offerings, creating a new fashion-and-textiles study track at the art school.

The University of New England will offer five works by noted South African artist Irma Stern at auction in June in an attempt to raise money to help conserve its existing collection of art and to supplement that collection with strategic new purchases.

BANGOR — As the county prepares to invest $33 million to help the Cumberland County Civic Center compete with flashier buildings to the south, the biggest competition for Portland going forward may well come from the north.

Maine’s photographic community is mourning the death of Madeleine de Sinety, just days before her first solo exhibition in the United States is scheduled to close at the Portland Museum of Art.

Maine’s photographic community is mourning the death of Madeleine de Sinety, just days before her first solo exhibition in the United States is scheduled to close at the Portland Museum of Art.

When he was younger, Greg Winchenbach, of Jefferson, built up his 1983 Chevy pickup truck so much that the local cops shut him down.

SOUTH PORTLAND — An early start meant more convenience and fewer headaches for Mike Malloy of Auburn.

For the second year in a row, the Ogunquit Playhouse has won a prestigious regional award that recognizes artistic excellence.

For the second year in a row, the Ogunquit Playhouse has won a prestigious regional award that recognizes artistic excellence.