State had prior involvement in most child homicide cases in Maine

A Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram analysis of newly released details going back 14 years shows DHHS had contact with most of those families before the children were killed.

Amy Calder: When friends become family

A two-week visit to Maine in 1996 as part of the Fresh Air Fund program turned into a lifetime connection between Joey Molina, now 34, and his host family, David and Jeanine Deas of Waterville.

Maine Voices: Still cynical about changes in child care workforce – please prove me wrong

Early childhood education won’t be high-quality, affordable and well compensated until and unless it is part of the common good, just like public school.

Youth theater group to present ‘James and the Giant Peach, Jr.’

Evening with Maine writers will benefit disadvantaged Maine children

An online auction and a reading with Richard Russo and his daughter Kate Russo will raise money for Camp Susan Curtis.

Neveah Dance Circus to entertain in Family Fun Days series

Denmark Arts Center

Children’s book celebrates the color brown in all its glory

'Magnificent Homespun Brown' is as joyful as the confident little girls it depicts.

Maine Voices: Pandemic will have lasting effects on our children, teens

All adults have an opportunity to play a role in the well-being of our youth, especially as they return to a semblance of their pre-COVID lives.

Commentary: Dental care is health care. Mainers need access to it.

L.D. 1501 provides a way for the dental profession and our state to protect all children from preventable dental disease.

Waterville’s $4 million Alfond Municipal Pool project nearing home stretch

Matt Skehan, director of both the Waterville Parks and Recreation and Public Works departments, said the pool facility is expected to open for the season June 19.