Readfield News

READFIELD - The Medina-Dale-Readfield Lions Club will hold a soup fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Readfield Elementary School, E9177 State 96.

Matthew Dunn and his wife Cathy recently bought Flying Pond Variety Store on Route 41 in Mount Vernon.

Maine's elementary and secondary schools are some of the best in the country, but that's not good enough when competing in a global economy.

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

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

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.

A sidewalk project in the works since 2006 will go out to bid soon and could start during the upcoming construction season.