Residents packed the Monmouth Board of Selectmen meeting Wednesday to speak out against the town’s police department taking on the role of enforcing federal immigration laws.
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Hallowell drinking water exceeds state regulation for forever chemicals
Hallowell Water District testing late last month showed drinking water in the city contained its highest PFAS levels in at least the past three years.
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As Jared Golden speaks at private Colby event, protesters demand accountability
While U.S. Rep. Jared Golden, D-2nd District, spoke at a private Colby College event Wednesday about his desire to engage voters, protesters along upper Main Street in Waterville criticized him and others for failing to hold town hall meetings.
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Waterville man pleads guilty to manslaughter in 2024 shooting death
As part of a plea deal with prosecutors, murder and gun possession charges against Tyler Quirion, 21, were dropped.
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4 charged in Fairfield drug bust
Somerset County Sheriff’s officials and Waterville police searched a home on Crane Drive early Wednesday and seized drugs with a street value estimated at $40,000.
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Madison addiction treatment clinic moving ahead with new location
Acadia Healthcare has contacted town officials to begin the application process under a new ordinance to open its clinic at the Madison Business Gateway, Town Manager Denise Ducharme said.
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Waterville council, former mayor grill hospital officials about impending closure
Two officials of Northern Light Inland Hospital in Waterville answered questions Tuesday from city councilors and a former mayor about the reasons why the hospital is closing and how its patients and employees will be affected.
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Counting our Easter blessings
When we were young, Easter was about dressing up for church, consuming candy and sharing a sumptuous meal on a day whose significance became clear only after we had aged, Amy Calder writes.
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Case against former Anson-Madison Water District superintendent stays alive
Michael Corson, 55, had asked for the charge to be dropped in March.
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Palmyra home destroyed by fire, displaces family of 4
The fire was reported on Warren Hill Road in Palmyra at 9:58 a.m., according to Hartland fire Chief Glen Carmichael, who responded to the scene.