Where to find food pantries in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties

How to help those who help people without homes

List of local service agencies accepting donations to help the homeless and at-risk populations in Maine.

Lost power? Get warm and charge your devices here

Warming centers have been opened in Auburn, Lisbon, Lovell and Otisfield.

Justin Thacker: Rumford pastor ministers to Oxford County inmates

Pastor Justin Thacker is motivated to see people's lives change. 'That's the business I'm in,' he said.

Bethel landmark being redeveloped into middle-market housing

The 1896 Gehring mansion has been purchased by the Northern Forest Center.

Power of Faith: 7 people talk about how their faith sustains them

Trusting in God, a couple moves from Alaska to Maine. Motivated to see people's lives change, a Rumford pastor supports and prays with inmates at the Oxford County Jail. Recognizing a connection between faith and martial arts, a pastor works to build community. A neurologist believes the miracle of Hanukkah can serve as a lesson on how faith can bring us through the darkest of times. We offer these stories, and more, about the power of faith.

Buckfield approves town’s first marijuana retail store

Back Road Buds will open next year across from Tilton's Market.

Oxford Hills Tech School awarded $2.1 million building grant

The money will pay for an education and training program for students on electrician/electrical contractor career tracts.

Law Court upholds Ringuette sentence, sends case back to lower court for review of supervised release

Maine Supreme Judicial Court said Bethany Ringuette, as an accomplice, is accountable for the actions of a man who engaged in sexual acts with a young girl, and "guilty of the crime as if he acted as a principal, and a guilty verdict rendered on either theory is thus indistinguishable."

Paris woman seriously injured in head-on crash in Woodstock

The crash occurred Wednesday morning on South Main Street.