Big Brothers Big Sisters adds Peabody to board

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mid-Maine welcomes Sarah Peabody, McTeague Higbee law firm has announced that partner Karen Bilodeau and Kevin Noonan, have once again been named to the Best Lawyers in America Roster for 2020 and more in this Sunday's Central Maine Business Briefs.

United Way golf scramble raises record-breaking $16,000

Central Maine Power played in scramble, served as event's major sponsor.

Designing Women to host fair Aug. 24

Proceeds will support Winthrop's Sexual Assault Crisis and Support Center

Life jackets credited for saving lives of kayakers struck by motorboat on Cobbossee Lake

The accident took place Monday on the north shore of Cobbossee Lake in Manchester near Hammonds Grove Road.

Paving begins on U.S. Route 202 in Winthrop, Manchester

The work is taking place between 6:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m. to reduce the impact on commuters.

Credit sought for Maine students who study abroad

Maine has no uniform system to award school credits to students who study overseas. A Maranacook student fresh off a year of studying in Germany, and her teacher, want to change that.

MaineGeneral Health signs letter of intent to sell Granite Hill Estates

The health care company is poised to sell the senior living complex to Massachusetts-based Northbridge Company, which owns five senior living facilities in Maine.

Sen. Bellows plans public office hours July 27

Bellows will be at Manchester's Lakeside Orchard.

Fitzgibbons, Miller earn Emmanuel College degrees

Fire crews stretched thin by fires in Manchester, Fayette

Firefighters first were called to a blaze at a Prescott Road house in Manchester, then to a kitchen fire in Fayette.