PHOTO: Auburn Community Band opens season

Auburn Community Band performs first concert of the season at Festival Plaza in Auburn.

RSU 10 board of directors cuts number of librarians in district

The RSU 10 board of directors voted to change their number of librarians and library technicians from five librarians and one technician to three and three, partly due to state funding.

Andover voters elect selectman, school board members

Joseph Luce was elected selectman by write-in votes Tuesday, while Betty Davis and Lindsay Sharkey retained their school board positions.

Couple recount carbon monoxide scare at Rumford camp

"If they would have gone to sleep, it would have been a lot different outcome. They probably wouldn't have woken up." -- Rumford Firefighter Sam Cote

RSU 56 board favors 5.5% budget increase

RSU 56's referendum budget vote failed last Tuesday. The board of directors voted to move forward a budget of $12.95 M at their meeting Monday.

Livermore man, 64, killed in motorcycle crash

A pickup truck and motorcycle collided on Route 108 in Peru on Tuesday morning.

‘Don’t forget what I did,’ said Doug Culver’s friends of WW II; so he shares his WWII artifacts and knowledge with us

Canton resident Doug Culver, a native of Oregon, held his WW II D-Day presentation "What they Carried on D-Day" at the Canton Historical Society on Thursday evening. He started his collection of WW II artifacts when he was in high school, about 50 years ago.

This week’s agenda

Face Time: Toshio Hashimoto, mechanic and master mushroom grower

Toshio Hashimoto is a Rumford area mechanic, but his first love is growing mushrooms. Find out more about him below. Find out more about his mushrooms, deep-fried, at the Common Ground Fair.

Andover voters approve $600K road bond and town clock repair at town meeting

Andover voters approved a $600,000 roads' bond, repair work for the town clock and removal of several trees near the town library among other votes at their town meeting on Saturday.