Skowhegan schools post September lunch menue

Towns in Regional School Unit 54 include Canaan, Cornville, Mercer, Norridgewock, Smithfield and Skowhegan.

Map: Where police raided residential cannabis grow operations in Maine

Approximate locations of many of the cannabis grow operations in residential locations.

‘Layers of invisibility’: Workers at Maine’s illegal cannabis grow sites show signs of human trafficking

Federal prosecutors say they have found no evidence of exploitation at the clandestine marijuana grow houses. Some local law enforcement, anti-trafficking advocates and several grow house workers say otherwise.

Maine Supreme Judicial Court upholds Mercer man’s child porn convictions

In 2023, Steven Edwards was found guilty by a jury of 18 counts of possession of sexually explicit material.

Skowhegan man held on charges he sexually abused teenage minors

Following a Skowhegan Police Department investigation, Douglas Perkins, 31, was arrested and charged with five counts of sexual abuse of a minor.

Central Maine arrest log: June 21-28, 2024

Augusta- and Waterville-area arrests for June 21-28, 2024.

Reporting Aside: The importance of a road in keeping us together

A December storm washed out a road in rural central Maine, making it impassable for months. When it reopened this week, residents got together for a celebration, Amy Calder writes.

Carlie Jarvais, Skowhegan Area High School

Skowhegan-area voters accept proposed $48.89 million budget for MSAD 54

The spending plan for 2024-25 next goes to a June 11 district budget validation referendum for final approval.

Skowhegan-area voters to weigh in on proposed $48.89 million budget for MSAD 54

The overall increase on property taxes in the proposed budget is about 3.95%, but the impact on each of the district’s six towns varies because of changes in state property valuation.