Snow, ice blasts through South with powerful winter storm

A dangerous winter storm combining high winds and ice knocked out power and coated roads with a treacherous frigid glaze.

Optimism — and concerns — grow for the high school state basketball tournaments

Many are wondering what's in store for the postseason as play-in games are less than a month away.

USDA Oxford County local working group meeting

The local working group will provide recommendations for the 2023 Environmental Quality Incentives Program to its local USDA–NRCS for local natural resource priorities, and criteria for conservation activities and programs.

Photo: Winter coat

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Maine break record for second consecutive day

People hospitalized in Maine are at an all-time high, the state reported Saturday, but the number of serious cases has remained steady.

Omicron’s impact unknown as Oxford Hills students head back to school

Superintendent Dr. Monica Henson says SAD 17 is bracing for an influx of illness and quarantine.

Movie Review: ‘Sing 2’

Rumford Group Homes dedicates shelter to Nancy Boggan Murphy

She died last August, but what she stood for is still alive and being carried on by those who knew her best, and by those who barely knew her at all and were touched by her being.

Portland to hand out masks to help local businesses comply with city’s new mask mandate

The surgical masks will be available at City Hall starting Thursday.

Crescent Park kindergarteners shop for the homeless