The Cupcake Girls have baked over 10,000 cupcakes and raised over $26,000 for the Dempsey Center in the past seven years.
Lewiston-Auburn
Amy Richard, Hebron nurse, dies of lung cancer at 43
Amy Richard was a young nonsmoker when she was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer last year.
Mechanic Falls residents turn in petitions to recall 4 of 5 town councilors
The same four councilors targeted in the recall voted to dismiss Town Manager Zakk Maher in June.
Enthusiasm rises though hot-air balloons were laid low Friday
The Great Falls Balloon Fest will try again Saturday and Sunday – and maybe Monday – to launch its stars into the firmament above Lewiston-Auburn.
Racism at Edward Little highlighted in The Boston Globe
Auburn officials say racial issues at high school deserve more attention but insist the city’s high school is typical in the problems it faces.
Bates College receives its largest-ever federal grant
Nearly $4 million from the National Science Foundation will allow the college to create a new database of video images useful for research on artificial intelligence and neuroscience.
High court upholds Seth Carey’s suspension from practice of law
A judge ruled in December that he had committed sexual assault, tampered with a witness and failed to comply with a previous interim suspension order.
Warden from Mechanic Falls faces groping charge in addition to assaulting a concertgoer in Bangor
Police allege the crimes occurred last year during a concert Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion in Bangor.
RSU 16, Poland day care, state to share cost of $13,000 bus stop sign
Jan Jordan will get a flashing sign. RSU 16 will get help paying for it.
Family hopes to build Maine Outdoor Wellness Center in Roy Varney’s memory
The 19-year-old athlete died in a farm accident in Turner last month.