Mexico man charged with escape after leaving Augusta mental health services facility

Darryl Streeper, 34, is an inmate at the Franklin County jail and was at Motivational Services Inc. for treatment.

Planning Board approves new Augusta Police Station

Officials still believe the Willow Street station, despite inflation and supply chain concerns, can be built for the $20.5 million residents approved for it.

‘Ahab Inside Me’ sails into Augusta Sept. 2-4

Augusta-based educational institution offers tuition-free workshops

Kennebec region featured in latest book from South Gardiner historian

"Around the Kennebec Valley: The Herman Bryant Collection," from Arcadia Publishing brings Gay Grant back to the collection of the photographer who captured images in the Kennebec Valley in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Kennebec Valley YMCA to close Manchester campus due to declining membership

Facility at 40 Granite Hill Road is scheduled to close Sept. 30.

Sunday afternoon fire damages Gardiner house

Firefighters from more than a half-dozen southern Kennebec County communities respond to 45 School St., where flames damage back porch and rear side of 2 1/2-story house.

Widespread school resignations leave some local districts scrambling as students prepare to return

The need for ed techs is especially great at some local schools, as the jobs have undertaken more responsibilities without corresponding increases in pay.

Augusta officials signal support for overnight shelter to keep unhoused people out of the cold

The proposed shelter in the basement of South Parish Congregational Church could be one of two in the city to open this year.

State House added to trail honoring Maine sites that were key to securing women’s right to vote

The location where state lawmakers ratified the 19th Amendment is one of seven stops along the Maine Suffrage Centennial Trail. But officials said work to give women equality is far from done.