Millinocket – Centralmaine.com

How Maine’s county budgets affect property taxes

Rising county taxes come as Mainers are already feeling financially pinched, but it’s too early to know the impact on homeowners’ bills.

State finalists well represented among the top offensive and defensive players in the state.

As electricity rates continue to climb, here’s where the money ends up.

These players helped their teams win state championships or earn spots in this week’s state finals.

A fumble recovery with 1:11 left seals the first Gold Ball for the Minutemen since 1998.

Two Gold Balls will be awarded in the eight-man ranks, while 11-man teams battle for berths in state title game.

Two of the season’s biggest games highlight the schedule; Judgment Day arrives in five of six classes.

Four-team battle in Class B South; Portland fights to stay atop A North; Winthrop plays Mt. Blue for the first time since 1968.

Griffin Chouinard and Terry Storer drove Thursday to Baxter State Park to hike the 4,151-foot North Brother Mountain.

The hikers became stranded on the mountain’s Knife Edge Thursday after dark.