USDA invests in infrastructure for 5 Maine organizations

The Maine investment is part of $222 million announced nationwide.

Home is where the parrots are for Harmony couple

Marg and Fritz Buschmann started Siesta Sanctuary in harmony in 2006 to provide a home for parrots, which can live 80 years or more.

More details emerge from Waterville-Canaan shootout that wounded officer, suspect

Richard Murray-Burns, 29, of Hartland allegedly initiated a car chase and shooting after Waterville police pulled him over Sunday after a report of shoplifting at Walmart.

Madison businesses buy gas meters for local fire departments in wake of Farmington explosion

Several fire stations across central Maine are now equipped with the meters and were trained on how to use them on Monday night in Madison by Waterville firefighter Al Nygren.

Madison businesses buy gas meters for firefighters in wake of Farmington blast

Two were donated by Backyard Farms and one by Bob Shipley of Bob's Cash Fuel Oil.

Two indicted, one sentenced in burglaries, thefts in Somerset and other counties