Waterville City Council slated to take final vote on Highwood Street rezoning

City officials to revisit rezoning request Tuesday by the Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter, which seeks to develop an abandoned building into apartments for seniors and adults with families, with some emergency units for the homeless.

Central Maine 2022 graduation coverage

New England actress brings immigrant grandmother to life in one-person play in Augusta

"Bella, An Immigrant's Tale" covers the life of actor Vicki Summers’ grandmother, a Russian Jewish immigrant who escaped the pogroms and started a new life in America.

International Food Festival offers cuisine from 22 countries at MCI in Pittsfield

Festival has become one of the most beloved traditions at Maine Central Institute.

Police: Two women die Saturday in Caratunk crash

Jordan Merchant, 25, of Eastbrook and Lindsey Walsh, 28, of Lakeville, Massachusetts, killed when their car hit a tree after making contact with friend's pickup truck.

Gardiner’s Johnson Hall secures additional $150,000 from city

Contribution to help inch historic opera house closer to fundraising goal that has jumped in recent months.

With renovations to outdoor stage, Sidney arts center looks to draw bigger acts, larger crowds

The Snow Pond Center for the Arts renovates its outdoor stage, the Bowl in the Pines amphitheater, which officials say should allow the organization to provide enhanced experiences for audiences and artists.

As 254 graduate from Thomas College, at least one finishes debt-free in just three semesters

Sophie O'Clair of Fayette received her associates degree from Thomas College in Waterville before she even graduated from high school and then received a bachelor's degree in psychology Saturday from the college after just three semesters.

More than 300 walk at UMaine Augusta’s first in-person ceremony since 2019

The event featured an address from diversity, equity and inclusion consultant Anthony James Jr., and the university's first degrees conferred under its new graduate programs.

Seasonal businesses in central Maine struggle to find workers as economic conditions improve

The national economy is humming and companies are ramping up hiring, but seasonal businesses in central Maine continue to struggle to find enough help as they prepare for the busy summer months.