Mapleton News

Black ice and speed may be to blame for a fatal car crash this morning in New Sweden.

Firefighters from six communities were on the scene of a major warehouse fire on Rice Street, a side street off this community's main street, for more than 13 hours this weekend.

A Coast Guard rescue helicopter was called in Sunday to airlift an injured person from a sailboat near Matinicus Island.

MAPLETON, Maine a ' A local woman played a key role in apprehending an intruder who broke into her home Monday evening.

As they filed into class at 8:15 Wednesday morning, Julianne Kerschner greeted her brand new first-graders at the door.

When taxpayers approved a scaled down version of the SAD 1 district budget last week, the cutbacks didn't just affect the financial total, they also forced officials to revise plans for a district windmill project.

Presque Isle, Maine - The Maine Potato Board recently announced the recipient of this year's Farm Family of the Year 2009, bestowing the honor to the families of Ward McLaughlin and Trent Lundeen of West Ridge Farms in Mars Hill, Maine.

Investigators are still trying to determine what caused a fire that destroyed a home at 884 Griffin Ridge Road on Wednesday afternoon.

Gov. John Baldacci on Monday signed a bill to tighten a nine-year-old law that bars the use of the word "squaw" for official place names.

Voters in the five communities of SAD 1 will head to the polls on June 9 to decide whether to approve a nearly $23 million budget for the district's 2009-10 school year.

CASTLE HILL, Maine a ' Castle Hill Road was closed for nearly four hours Wednesday afternoon after a Castle Hill man died when his vehicle crashed into a road grader.

Two rural towns are looking to the city of Presque Isle to take over their emergency dispatching services.