Augusta program could be first in Maine to offer overdose victims medication on-scene to treat withdrawal symptoms

Plans to help Augusta residents recover from substance use disorder include a proposal to offer people revived from an overdose by rescue workers immediate, on-scene treatment with Suboxone and help accessing longer-term treatment.

Here’s a list of sugar shacks you can visit during Maine Maple Sunday Weekend

One of two people charged in 2019 murder of Richmond man pleads guilty to robbery

Chanda Lilly pleaded guilty to a charge of robbery in Bath Superior Court on Tuesday in connection with the 2019 murder of Andrew Sherman in his Richmond home and has agreed to testify against Tyon Shuron, who has been charged with murder.

Video replay reviews getting a look for Maine high school basketball tournament

The Basketball Committee of the Maine Principals’ Association to take up issue next week after state tournament has second controversial buzzer-beater in three seasons.

University of Maine at Augusta announces four semifinalists for top administrative role

The candidates for president of the University of Maine at Augusta will visit the Augusta campus next week.

Clinton man evades police by jumping on freight train and riding it into town, authorities say

David Bowring, 32, was being sought by officers Monday following an altercation with his girlfriend when he caught a ride with the passing train, Clinton police Chief Stanley "Rusty" Bell said.

Sen. King gets whirlwind tour of Skowhegan and investments that signal promising future

Independent U.S. Sen. Angus King, whose first professional job was in Skowhegan, was in town Monday to hear how federal money is being invested in projects, including the River Park and redeveloping the former Solon Manufacturing Co. mill.

Two arrested in Skowhegan traffic stop that nets 200 unlicensed marijuana plants in trailer

Working with the U.S. Border Patrol, Skowhegan police Chief David Bucknam stopped a pickup truck that was hauling a 21-foot trailer with potted marijuana plants inside.

Route 17 in Jefferson reopens after collapsed culvert replaced

Reopening ends need for 11-mile detour.

Photos: Monmouth flower farmers growing 10,000 tulips over winter

Kim and Chris Brawn, with help from their son Carter, have been running Pease Hill Farm, a cut flower farm located in Monmouth, for three years and this is the first year they've tried growing tulips indoors. Last fall they bought and planted 15,000 tulip bulbs. They planted 5,000 in the ground outside and 10,000 were planted, 66 to a plastic crate, in potting soil to be forced to bloom over the winter.