AUGUSTA — A city man is facing charges after reportedly pointing a gun at another man during a fight over a woman on Water Street, police said.

A Vassalboro man accused of trying to strangle his girlfriend with a shoelace has been convicted of domestic violence assault.

AUGUSTA — City councilors on Thursday took the first tentative steps toward a partnership they hope will end with a new use for the historic Cony flatiron building.

TOGUS — Emergency responders from across the area converged Tuesday for one of the largest mass casualty exercises in the past decade at the medical center campus.

MONMOUTH — Voters will decide in November whether to limit fireworks use in town to certain days.

Less than a month after they were charged with underage drinking, a group of roughly 20 teenagers and young adults spent the better part of Saturday picking up garbage as part of a program aimed at keeping them out of court.

MONMOUTH — Kent Ackley swears he enjoys a good fireworks display as much as anyone else.

MOUNT VERNON — Friends and neighbors of an apple grower who was killed last week when a car hit him as he rode his lawn tractor are organizing a weekend fundraiser in the orchard the man loved.