FOXCROFT, Maine a ' A Medford man who police say pointed a loaded revolver at a state trooper was among several people indicted Thursday by the Piscataquis County grand jury.

Cooking class 'good for the public' Nutrition Kitchen giving a hand-up, not a hand-out BDN Volunteer Lori Scribner of Williamsburg Township receives instruction from Dover-Foxcroft Police Chief Dennis Dyer, right, as Scribner pours ground meat into a macaroni ratatouille recipe during a cooking class at the Missions of Virtue Nutrition Kitchen in ...

Passion and emotion were behind statements made Wednesday by town residents who expressed their hope that SAD 41 directors would keep their small school open, according to school officials.

Town officials are trying an innovative way to determine the importance of municipal services to residents as revenues continue to shrink and the demands on limited property tax dollars increase.

He has traveled the world over and tasted the local delicacies, but he had never before been to Maine to enjoy a plate of bright red hot dogs, baked beans, biscuits, brown bread, fiddleheads and whoopie pies, until now.

In small communities, there are few people willing to get the training necessary to serve their local ambulance service as emergency medical technicians, especially when they have jobs elsewhere.

Because of some confusion among residents at an earlier special town meeting dealing with the purchase of a downtown parcel, town officials are taking the matter back to voters.

A couple organizations are making Christmas a little more merry for many folks in the area by hosting holiday dinners.

Maine's highest court on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling that a 1999 law requiring certain sex offenders to be placed on a sex offender registry for life cannot be applied retroactively.

LEVANT, Maine a ' A U.S. postal inspector, with help from local law enforcement, is investigating two separate but related burglaries at the Levant post office in the past month and wants the publica TMs help.

When the Maine Turnpike was widened, no studies projecting how many jobs would be added or saved were needed to persuade the public to support the project.

Registered nurse Kathy Lena gives 5-year-old Brad Goulette of Milo an H1N1 shot as his father, Greg Goulette, holds him on Monday.

Law enforcement officials including Milo police Officer David Henderson and Brownville Police Chief Nick Clukey remove seized firearms from the home of Milo resident David Krueger, 37, who was arrested after a nearly nine-hour standoff with police July 28.

It can be hard to keep an audience of third graders entertained...but not when you hand them a new book chock full of knowledge.

The Bead Store opened its doors last week, rising from the ashes of the Original Ornament, which closed unexpectedly in August.

Fire destroyed a car dealership in Milo today. The fire was reported at K&L Auto on Elm St.

A fast-moving fire on Wednesday destroyed K&L Auto Sales and Service on Elm Street.

University of Maine Cooperative Extension supporters turned out in force at a public hearing Monday to express opposition to a proposed county budget cut of $25,850 for the agency.

Having their paths cross in Iraq for four hours one Sunday earlier this fall gave four servicemen from the Penquis area time to catch up on one another's lives and families.

Veterans and their families are invited to share a meal in Milo Wednesday. Three Rivers Kiwanis of Milo-Brownville is hosting a free Veterans Day dinner at noon at the Milo town hall.