Skowhegan development group receives $200,000 grant to help Maine Grains, others

The grant from the Henry P. Kendall Foundation is expected to help fund equipment to allow Maine Grains in Skowhegan to turn local milling, cheesemaking, seaweed, blueberry and soy byproducts into high-fiber, high-protein packaged goods for sale to schools.

Margaret Chase Smith Appreciation Day set for Aug. 26

Auction will include 1941 Plymouth owned by Margaret Chase Smith

The late U.S. senator's car will be auctioned Sunday with a starting bid of $7,500, but Thomaston Place Auction Galleries estimates it will sell for at least twice that amount.

Franklin Savings Bank hires new vice president, commercial loan officer

Franklin Savings Bank names new Skowhegan branch manager

St. Albans man sentenced to 23 years for child sex assault

Corey Farley, 30, was sentenced Tuesday at Somerset County Superior Court after being found guilty Dec. 15 of gross sexual assault and unlawful sexual contact.

Skowhegan man dies in crash after SUV hydroplanes

The crash occurred early Tuesday on Canaan Road and claimed the life of 53-year-old Mario Centofanti, according to Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam.

Skowhegan early learning center gets $1.6 million boost

Sam Hight, who heads a committee leading the fundraising effort for the center, announced that it will be built at the new $75 million elementary school for Maine School Administrative District 54, to be constructed at the site of the Margaret Chase Smith School off Heselton Street.

Skowhegan man charged with lying for $60,000 pandemic loan is arrested again

Nathan Reardon's bail conditions prevented him from applying for pandemic-related financial assistance without approval from his probation officer.

25th Maine International Film Festival scheduled for July in Waterville, Skowhegan

The festival, known as MIFF and scheduled to run from July 8 to 17, typically attracts thousands of film enthusiasts to central Maine.