AUGUSTA — Stuffed into the cockpit of the world’s smallest jet, Peter Reny, who first learned to fly at Maine Instrument Flight while a junior at Cony High School, made a big, smoke-spewing entrance Wednesday night.

AUGUSTA — There are now no official candidates running for a state legislative district representing much of Maine’s capital city, as the winners of both the Republican and Democrat primaries have withdrawn from the race.

AUGUSTA — Andrew D. Worcester, who won the Republican primary for state House of Representatives District 57, has informed the state and local Republican leadership he is withdrawing from the race. His withdrawal follows that of Democratic incumbent District 57 Rep. Maeghan Maloney. So neither of the victorious primary candidates for the two major parties […]

AUGUSTA — Bicentennial Nature Park is going to take the summer off, despite last-ditch efforts to find a way to keep the swimming spot open by raising money privately and charging user fees.

MANCHESTER — Residents at a raucous annual Town Meeting Thursday night rejected funding for a new park voters had just approved the concept for two days earlier.

MANCHESTER — Residents and others at the annual town meeting argued about how voting would take place at the meeting, and who could speak at it before any substantive votes had even taken place.

AUGUSTA — Bicentennial Nature Park could return from the brink of closure once again.