Police have charged Michael Grant, 30, with breaking into electric system substations in Winslow and Waterville to steal copper piping, an act power company officials say could have killed him.

Award-winning cookbook author Maria Speck will speak Thursday on little-known grains that are experiencing a resurgence among some farmers and bakers in central Maine.

John Donovan will serve 30 days in jail on illegal possession charges after he was found with missing drugs belonging to residents of Trinity Men’s Shelter.

The twister was on the ground for less than six minutes, cutting a path of destruction through the Somerset County town.

A National Weather Service official who has inspected the damage caused by a severe storm on Tuesday told county officials that the storm was a tornado.

Mark Dodge charged with threatening to kill his family, allegedly referenced Lake, who killed his wife and children in Dexter in 2011.

Wind and rain tear through Franklin and Somerset counties, knocking down trees and causing flash floods.

Several organizations combined efforts to raise the $65,000 needed to pay for the work.