Hallowell News

Row House, Inc., is having a membership drive during the month of February. The corporation is celebrating 43 years of champion service restoring Hallowell's historic district.

When you hear the term "Bed & Breakfast," what's the first thing that pops in your mind? Eating amidst uncomfortable conversation with eight strangers? Running down a cold hallway from a shared bath, hoping your towel doesn't fall off before you get back to your room? A creepy doll staring at you from the corner of your more-outdated-than-expected ... (more)

Jason Bartlett, left, of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, with the help of volunteer Ernie Hilton, center, and Steve Shepard, right, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service place tubes in the gravel of the Sandy River in Strong on Thursday as they planted Atlantic salmon eggs.

For a guy whom just about every true Maine roots fan knows on sight , Steve Jones sure is a chameleon.

HALLOWELL, Maine - Maine's new top fisheries official is vowing to grow the economic value of the state's oldest industry, commercial fishing, and the coastal communities that rely on the ocean.

A former ship captain's mansion that has stood at 1 Northern Ave. since 1826 is scheduled to be torn down as soon as next week.

Maine poet Carolyn Gelland has released her debut collection 'Four-Alarm House' from North Carolina-based publisher Main Street Rag.

Maine elementary and middle school students performed better this year on tests of math and reading, but worse in writing.

A forgetful fellow pulled over to put snow on his windshield to clean it and neglected to put the vehicle in "park." The vehicle rolled into a ditch.

Peter George Bathgate II pleaded guilty Friday in Kennebec County Superior Court to intentional and knowing murder of Peter Allen.

Andrew E. Boulter of Augusta was named to the Dean's List for the fall semester at Samford University's Cumberland School of Law.

An Augusta man is expected to plead guilty Friday afternoon to killing another man in what police say was a fit of jealousy.

Larry Davis, chairman of Hallowell's Republican Committee, has announced Hallowell Republicans will caucus Feb.

Keeping the same old charm the former Boynton's space had, the new Boynton's is set to open for business this weekend.

A Fayette man faces several charges after a gun fell out of his pants during a scuffle outside a Front Street bar Tuesday night, police said.

If everything goes as planned, Hallowell-based Pryo City Maine will open for business in April, said company president Steve Marson.

Alexandrea Albert , a freshman from Gardiner, was named to the Dean's List at the University of New Haven for the fall 2011 semester.

Rodney Vigue, left, and Mike Burton survey the damage from an overnight fire in Vigue's Augusta home on Friday morning.

With a wound to his stomach, Rafael Encarnacion, 22, crawled out of a back bedroom of a Vassalboro home early Tuesday, shot with a homemade gun by the homeowner, who said it was in self-defense. The man identified by police as the shooter, Joseph L. Gagnon, 55, told his brother that he shot Encarnacion -- his daughter's boyfriend -- because ... (more)

A 22-year-old man was shot and wounded inside a house on Whitehouse Road early Tuesday morning and the homeowner was arrested, Maine State Police said.