No tuition increase at Maine’s community colleges this fall

AUGUSTA — Tuition at Maine’s seven community colleges is unchanged this fall, part of an ongoing commitment to keep student costs as low as possible. Tuition for Maine students remains at $94 a credit hour. For a full-time student taking 30 credits, the annual cost of tuition and fees will average $3,620, the lowest in […]

Balloon festival gets off to soggy start in Lewiston

Balloons were grounded both morning and evening on the first day of the Great Falls Balloon Festival.

Durham boys survive canoe capsizing, thanks to life jackets

DURHAM — The Durham fire and rescue officials say life jackets helped save the lives of two Durham boys whose canoe capsized on Runaround Pond Saturday morning. Durham firefighters were called to the pond shortly after 11 a.m. for the overturned canoe. They didn’t know how many people had been in the canoe at the […]

PHOTOS: Fire damages Waterford house

Maine governor praises federal plan for prescription drugs

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills says Maine is ready to take advantage of a Trump administration proposal that would allow Americans to legally and safely import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada

Strong celebrates Pierpole Day

The annual event is named in honor of a member of the Abenaki tribe who welcomed settlers to the area in the 1700s.

Former Chrysler CEO Lee Iacocca dead at age 94

The auto executive and master pitchman who put the Mustang in Ford’s lineup in the 1960s died at age 94 in Bel Air, California.

Fire destroys Bowdoinham home on Sunday

A family of four is displaced after the garage and then the house were burned.

Official: Driver in NH motorcycle wreck should’ve lost license

The head of the Massachusetts motor vehicle division has resigned for failing to terminate the commercial driving license of man whose collision with a group of motorcyclists in New Hampshire left seven dead.

Driver in Durham crash still hospitalized; no charges filed

DURHAM — A woman seriously injured in a crash at the intersection of Rabbit Road and Route 136 Saturday night was listed in fair condition at Maine Medical Center in Portland Monday. Durham Fire and Rescue officials said in a news release that it appeared the driver of a Honda pilot collided in the intersection […]