A Passamaquoddy family’s tragedy is Dixfield student’s history project

Dirigo High School student competing in state National History Day competition in April at University of Maine in Orono.

Barred owl visits home in Rumford

Sandra Nile of Rumford had a barred owl sitting on her front porch railing from 7 a.m. to about 3 p.m. Thursday when it flew to the stairway of a building beside her home after she got close to it.

Teen rescued from ice float in Androscoggin River

Two boys were standing on chunks of ice while fishing Tuesday evening.

Residents urge caution on Middle Dam rebuild

Pitch perfect

Contractor sick of shoveling flat roof builds a pitched one on his Canton building.

Greene suspect remains in critical condition after shooting himself

Police said Joshua Hussey shot himself in the head before he could be captured at his mother's home in Dixfield early Saturday morning.

Out with the old

Crews dismantle the old bridge between Mexico and Peru.

Proposed Rumford town budget up 3.47 percent

The Budget Committee has approved a 2019-20 municipal budget of $9.35 million, an increase of close to 3.47 percent.

Canton voters jump-start spring road work

Residents voted 25-3 to spend $150,000 on two roads.

Crime thriller filmed in Rumford

Moviemakers are spending the week at locations in Rumford, Mexico and Bethel.