The weekend is scheduled to begin with a festival at Granite City Park on June 4 from noon to 4 p.m. A parade along Water Street will start at 2 p.m.
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Two people taken to hospital following Vassalboro crash
The wreck occurred Thursday morning on Riverside Drive when an SUV approaching Riverside failed to yield to a car, colliding with it.
Two injured in two-vehicle wreck in Sidney, sheriff’s office says
The collision occurred last week on the Middle Road when a pickup truck tried to pass two other vehicles and then struck one of them as it made a left turn, the Kennebec County Sheriff’s Office said.
Summer ushers in new, expanded eateries in central Maine
The unofficial start of summer and what many hope are the later phases of the COVID-19 pandemic are setting the stage for residents and visitors to enjoy an expanded roster of restaurants, food trucks and tasting rooms.
Skowhegan hosts Memorial Day parade, honors war dead at services
Hundreds of people of all ages line Madison Avenue and Water Street under sunny skies Monday to watch the Memorial Day parade, ending with services at Veterans Memorial Park.
Police: One man dead, another injured following Vassalboro shooting incident
Multiple gunshots fired during argument at a Main Street apartment building, according to state police.
Drowning victim seen as talented man dogged by addiction, mental illness
Justin Howard, whose body was pulled May 22 from the Sebasticook River in Benton, “would give the shirt off his back to the people he cared about,” said his partner, Amanda Howard.
Richmond man discovers long-lost graves of more than a dozen relatives
Ronald Emmons Jr. finds a cemetery behind a horse farm in Bowdoin containing graves of his relatives, and later locates a headstone for multiple relatives under a cedar bush at the Cotton Cemetery in Richmond.
Conservation group looks to rewild Skowhegan preserve
Dr. Ann Dorney and Somerset Woods Trustees are looking to return the 27-acre Parsons Family Preserve to its natural state and have it serve as an educational space for people to visit and enjoy.
Old Fort Western to build replica of colonial trading post in Augusta
The former outpost is also celebrating its 100th anniversary as a museum this year.