It was purr-fect timing when firefighters training downtown rescued a feline stuck on a roof for nearly a week.

Steven Downs of Auburn is convicted in a 29-year-old Alaska case that had 'enough reasonable doubt ... to drive a train through,' according to one defense attorney.

One in five agencies does not respond to the nonprofit's Freedom of Access Act request.

Treasurer Pam Prodan told commissioners Tuesday that she had to do two payroll warrants because one is for a payout to the former clerk.

Mayor Jason Levesque called the study results "the dawn of a new era in Auburn."

Lewiston is set to receive a massive federal grant that local leaders say will be transformative. But how will its success be measured?

By some estimates, between 5% and 8% of Americans avoid dental work because of dentophobia, the fear of visits to the dentist. But growing awareness, technology, chemistry and good old communication are easing the angst.

H.S. football: The championship-game drought has lasted longer than any of the players have been alive, but there are still some ties that have remain more than two decades later.

One of the most successful dirty tricks in American political history wiped away the presidential hopes of Rumford's favorite son in 1972.

Rumford and other towns urge more testing, better communication before plunging ahead with controversial upgrade for river's water quality.

Mainers once guzzled gallons of hard cider year-round. Some hope they will again, as a growing number of producers add new twists to the once commonplace drink.

Goodwill Northern New England, with 17 of its 30 stores in Maine, is looking at a trash bill of more than $1.2 million as a result of people donating unusable items in what the nonprofit believes are largely good but misguided intentions.

Many New Mainers, Maine's term for the state's growing immigrant population, are strangers in a new country, often arriving without the language skills needed for work. But Lewiston-Auburn's immigrants are finding jobs through determination, a desire to learn and help from local support groups.

Writer discovers that part of fall's fun is getting seriously lost in the corn.

Junior hockey notes: The Nordiques make two trades and bring in three players to practice with the team. Also, former Greely standout and Twin City Thunder player Andy Moore makes Division I commitment.

Sports Editor Lee Horton's award-winning columns.

The debate over a 24-hour shelter has amplified a growing problem. Can new initiatives change the bleak outlook?

The 35-year-old Gilead resident is the first inmate in Maine to earn a master's degree in restorative justice.

How Glo Perrier found her passion on the Potomac River and went on to become one of the world's top paddlers by teaming up with a 15-year-old at the first Tokyo games.

Current and former employees are dissatisfied with school officials' characterization of the district's busing problem.

These area residents find daily hope and motivation — to help themselves and others — in their faith. In this Christmas season, we offer their stories.

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, there were 83 bias-motivated crimes in Maine last year, the most since 2008.

Businesses adapt to disease, weather and other unexpected circumstances.

New town officials and farms changing hands or no longer operating mean little may ever be known about how much or how long sewage sludge was spread on agricultural fields in Franklin County.

Customers are paying a 15-cent deposit, instead of 5 cents as Maine law dictates.