Robert Lowell

Captives aboard a notorious British prison ship 250 years ago got their guards drunk, escaped and then took prisoners themselves.

The tree is considered at least 150 years old, healthy and has never been treated for Dutch elm disease.

The Maine Department of Transportation announced April 21 that it will launch a new Portland-West Study to identify and relieve traffic congestion in the region.

The proposal has been controversial, with residents organizing to protest.

Teens graduating from the UMaine Cooperative Extension course earn federally recognized certificates to work on farms.

Chad Poitras is moving up from second in command at the South Buxton Cemetery Association. He succeeds Richard “Sandy” Atkinson, who served 20 years as president of the organization.

A book in the works will disclose details of the murder of Clifford Mosher in his Gorham farmhouse during a snowstorm 125 years ago.

We asked Alisha Chaney some questions about her role at the West Buxton Public Library. What attracted you to the West Buxton Public Library?

Broken and toppled gravestones spoil the sanctity of Gorham burial grounds, a member of a town's cemetery advisory committee said May 11, as Memorial Day marches closer.

Gorham Town Council, in a three-hour special meeting on Tuesday, May 12, approved an $88.4 million budget to support town and school spending for the fiscal year that begins July 1.