Livermore Falls votes to hold annual Town Meeting budget referendum, election on April 25

The move will have all three towns in Regional School Unit 73 voting on budgets on the same day for the first time.

Tripp Middle School resumes classes after bullets found in hallway

School officials announced a return to classes and after-school activities after Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office deemed the building safe.

Poland man charged with murder of brother

A judge has ordered a mental evaluation of Justin Butterfield to determine whether he is competent to stand trial, and his attorney has said he plans to pursue an insanity defense.

Lewiston eyes more restrictive policy on camping on public property

Police Chief David St. Pierre said a recent encampment of unhoused people near Sunnyside Park had led to several complaints and safety concerns.

Minot man gets 33 years for sex crimes against girls

Ralph Leach, 67, admitted to abusing children over 36 years, dating back to at least 1985, some of the victims as young as 3 years old.

Livermore’s Washburn-Norlands Living History Center needs $3 million by March to stay alive

Closing the Norlands is the absolute last option, the trustee president said, but not reaching $3 million by spring may mean the historic home of the Washburn family will need new stewards.

Poland Select Board discusses Ricker Memorial Library expansion, April school budget vote

Mechanic Falls Town Council backs lower Water Department budget

The department's proposed budget for 2023 is $478,014, or $107,054 less than the $585,068 approved for 2022.

Petition asks Livermore Falls Select Board to take no confidence vote on town manager’s leadership

Town Manager Amanda Allen said most allegations in the 5-page, nonbinding petition are untrue.

Livermore Falls house destroyed in fire, man burns hand

'Christmas is gone but everyone is fine. Luckily we have each other,' Atoria Austin, a resident of the house that burned, said.