Couple take on million-dollar retirement project to boost downtown Oakland

Don and Jean Ponitz are fixing up the Bank Block building on Main Street, with the hope of attracting a restaurant and other businesses to town.

Messalonskee High School recognizes honor students

Police charge 5 over past month in central Maine drug trafficking cases

The Kennebec County Sheriff's Office confiscated nearly 4 pounds of drugs and seized more than $10,000 in suspected drug proceeds.

Reporting Aside: Oakland man extends kindness to students from afar

Gil Roy has hosted more than two-dozen foreign exchange students from around the world in the last 14 years and has two more coming this summer, Amy Calder writes.

Oakland-area school district to offer summer meals for youths

Messalonskee High School names top 10 seniors for class of ’23

Joanna Zhang is class valedictorian, and Sophie Mihm is salutatorian.

Local students make Clarkson University dean’s list

Forged by challenges of pandemic, resilient Messalonskee grads move on to next adventure

More than 150 Messalonskee High School seniors graduated Thursday and one administrator said they displayed a "tenacity and steadfastness" during unprecedented times in their high school careers.

Waterville tech center recognizes May celebrities

Oakland officials hope state’s OK of financing tool will lead to reinvigorated downtown

Town Manager Ella Bowman said she hopes designating downtown as a tax increment financing district, or TIF, will help fill empty storefronts with a restaurant and other businesses.