Augusta-based Pinnacle Tree Professional Arborists acquires Hawksley Tree Care

MaineHousing promotes Jamie Johnson to senior director of operations

As need for autopsies increases, plans approved for bigger medical examiner’s office in Augusta

The $18.8 million facility would help the state perform more autopsies and meet the needs of the Office of Chief Medical Examiner for the next 30 years, officials say.

Obsolete pesticide collections days set for 4 cities during October

Cities include Presque Isle, Bangor, Augusta and Portland.

Maine fishermen are fighting to harvest more pogies, used as lobster bait

A complex quota system governs how many of the fish, also known as menhaden, can be harvested by states on the East Coast. But there's debate about how or if the quotas should be changed.

New homeless shelter at Augusta church approved without opposition

The shelter at the South Parish Congregational Church is planned to be open from November through April, every overnight from 7 p.m. to 7 a.m.

Local students make Southern New Hampshire University dean’s list

Ag department offers Specialty Crop Block Grants Program funding

Augusta’s 2nd sinkhole in a month repaired on Western Avenue

A failing brick manhole caused a sinkhole to form Tuesday in front of the Augusta Plaza. The unusual leak has prompted a review of other manholes in the city.

‘Duke’ Dulac, Augusta barber and political pollster ahead of his time, dies

The Augusta barber who polled his clients to predict political outcomes gained notoriety after being the only one to forecast the upset election of James Longley as Maine's governor in 1975.