MADISON — The achievements of Randy Dean, a financial advisor at Northeast Planning Associates, have been recognized with inclusion in LPL Financial’s Masters Club Program for 2025, his second consecutive year earning the achievement. This distinction celebrates a select group of advisors who have achieved excellence in financial guidance. Dean serves clients based primarily in […]
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Norway Savings Bank lauds team member achievements
NORWAY — Norway Savings Bank held its 2025 Employee Appreciation Day Celebration Feb. 26 at the Italian Heritage Center in Portland. Among local people honored was Kristen Charette, mortgage loan officer and vice president in Fryeburg as well as in North Conway, New Hampshire, who was named employee of the year. The Culture Champion Award […]
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation react to Trump’s speech to Congress
Sen. Angus King said after the speech that ‘Putin is smiling,’ while Rep. Chellie Pingree said the president parroted Russian talking points on Ukraine.
Youth Art Month kicks off in Waterville with Friday openings
The Ticonic Gallery and Greene Block + Studios will show off artwork from more than 450 local students.
Vassalboro Methodist Church offers March 15 supper
The supper will be an ‘Old Fashioned New England Boiled dinner with an Irish Twist.’
Trump, in speech to Congress, vows to keep up ‘swift and unrelenting action’
The more than 90-minute address added up to a defiant sales pitch for the policies that Trump promised during his campaign and leaned into during his first weeks back in office.
Waterville church controversy ends with council vote
The Waterville City Council voted 4-1 Tuesday to approve zoning changes to church property that enable the church to raze two buildings and expand its parking lot, thus leading to an expected dismissal of a church lawsuit against the city.
Dog dies in fire, camper with a wooden addition burns in New Sharon
The fire is believed to have started in the area of the woodstove, Deputy New Sharon Chief Chris McKay said.
Federal government announces, then hits pause on, plan to sell 4 buildings in Maine
The federal government had posted a list of more than 300 ‘non-core’ properties slated to be sold that included the US Custom House in Portland and 3 other federal properties across the state.
Search warrant nets drugs, arrest of Augusta man who has advocated for people in recovery, homeless
Marshall Mercer, 44, was arrested Tuesday on drug charges following a search of a Carlisle Street home.