Nine local children have been working with pigs for weeks to train them to compete at the fair.

Ann Lindholm, of Winthrop, has turned the loss of her leg into action, and hopes to help others with a local chapter of the Amputee Support Peer Interaction Reclaiming Empowerment & Dignity group.

Alfred Kramer, 93, of South China, received a Congressional Letter of Commendation Thursday, 70 years after his bomber was shot down by Germans.

Augusta police have conducted a number of details to get adults to buy liquor for underage people and, until last week, had always charged at least one person.

Dozens of people to turned out Monday for a ceremony in response to a Ride4Cops event at the Maine Law Enforcement Officers Memorial outside the State House on State Street.

Future bluegrass musicians will be picking their way through new tunes next weekend during the Blistered Fingers Kids Academy.