At Canaan farm, families flock to feed horses on Christmas Eve

Pamela Rickenbach cares for disabled or ill horses at her farm and for two years has been inviting Mainers during the holidays to relive the tradition of caring for the animals.

Augusta contractor sentenced on several counts of home repair fraud, theft

Orin J. Stevens, 68, paid $62,400 in restitution to former customers and was not ordered to serve time in jail.

State investigators describe fire at vacant Canaan motel as suspicious

The fire occurred Tuesday night at the former Lake George Motor Lodge at 39 Main St., east of Lake George Regional Park East.

Maine’s Garlic Festival set for Canaan park Oct. 7, 8

Thanks to Skowhegan-area students, families are hot on the trail for a good story

With an assist by the New Balance Foundation, a group of students are working with others to create a third StoryWalk trail after previously establishing ones in Madison and along Lake George in Canaan.

Many boys get game consoles for gifts, but one in Norridgewock got an antique tractor

Trent Roy, 10, has always shown an affinity for tractors, and with an assist from the Maine Antique Tractor Club, he now has one of his own, thanks to the kindness of a Canaan man.

Canaan man convicted in woman’s death and seen as suspect in second woman’s death dies in prison

Shannon Atwood, 53, who died Thursday, was sentenced in 2009 in the death of Cheryl Murdoch and had been seen as a suspect in the death of his wife, Shirley Moon-Atwood, whose body has never been found.

Moscow man indicted on manslaughter, other charges following deadly automobile crash

Eric Tankerley, 34, was indicated recently by a Somerset County grand jury and is expected to face charges, including manslaughter, for his involvement last year in a Caratunk crash in which two women died.

Skowhegan ceremony formally marks launch of construction on $75 million elementary school

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Thursday for the new Margaret Chase Smith Community School, which MSAD 54 administrators say will allow for greater continuity in education because students no longer will have to transition from one school to another every couple of years.

Canaan teen’s art on display at Skowhegan cafe

Skowhegan Area High School student wins Wesserunset Arts Council Youth Scholarship.