Gov. Paul LePage dispensed a giant check for $9.4 million to the staff at Inland Hospital today during an appearance to mark the repayment of a $9.5 million debt from the state to the hospital.

A sharp drop in global monarch populations is the latest development in Thomas’ quest to turn the nation’s dumps and landfills into something more.

A group of seven current and former University of Maine students from all around the state, including one from Winslow, will make history next week when, if all goes well, they will launch an 18-foot-tall, 500-pound rocket they designed and built themselves nearly 35 miles into the atmosphere.

A memorial service for Bill Taylor, a hippie turned businessman who never forgot the ideals of his generation, drew hundreds to Castonguay Square Saturday.

Arthur Wakeman, 86, of Benton, was in improving condition at Inland Hospital in Waterville on Saturday, after spending two stormy days lost outdoors this week.

Town will revisit policy that calls for possibly termination if employees post derogatory comments on their Facebook pages, or other social media