Monmouth student makes Southern New Hampshire University dean’s list

Employees’ frustrations mount over lingering payroll problems in Hallowell-based school district

The head of the school employees' union said the payroll issues have distracted staff for more than a year and that 'poor and untimely communication' by administrators in trying to fix the problems 'has become unbearable.'

May Faire set for Monmouth’s Cumston Hall May 20

Group seeks perennials for Monmouth event May 20

Donations for the plant sale can be dropped off on May 17-19 or the morning of the sale.

Monmouth Academy’s Academic Decathlon team is state runner-up

Weekend storm brings power outages and flooding to central Maine

Across central Maine, where rainfall totals reached 5 inches in some areas from the strong weekend storm, high water levels in the Kennebec River watershed brought flood warnings and washed out roads, along with downed trees and power outages.

Hallowell-area school district returns Japanese, English teaching positions to proposed budget after community outcry

Regional School Unit 2's proposed $34.5 million budget needed different spending cuts as a result of the changes, officials said.

Monmouth man sentenced on child porn charges

Jeffrey B. Matthews is to serve two years in prison after police found explicit images in his possession.

Hallowell-area school board says ‘sayonara’ to $34.5 million budget plan after backlash to Japanese program cuts

The Regional School Unit 2 board of directors did not accept the $34.5 million budget from the finance committee after hearing testimony from community and staff members about cuts to positions and programs within the budget.

Investigators unable to determine cause of fire at Monmouth commercial apple orchard

The fire began in the south end of the garage and workshop of Cooper Farms Holdings facility that was destroyed, but the damage is too extensive to determine the fire's cause.