NORWAY – Timothy A. Churchill, president and CEO of Western Maine Health, announces that Oxford Hills Internal Medicine, Oxford Hills Family Practice, Western Maine Family Practice and Western Maine Pediatrics have received Practice of Distinction awards from the MMC Physician-Hospital Orga...

NORWAY — Jim Douglas, director at Healthy Oxford Hills, a project of Stephens Memorial Hospital, announces that Tiffany Sweatt has recently been hired as the community nutrition educator at Healthy Oxford Hills. In her new role, Sweatt will work collaboratively with the Supplemental ...

This image provided by Christie's shows N.C. Wyeth's 1938 "Norry Seavey Hauling Traps Off Blubber Island," an oil on Masonite.

Electricity Maine burst out of the gate 18 months ago trumpeting electric rates lower than the standard offer. Now the state is looking into whether some claims became false advertising. The Maine Public Utilities Commission has asked the Auburn company whether it ran radio ads sayi...

LEWISTON — The Maine Public Broadcasting Network received 10 nominations for in-house television productions at the 36th Annual New England Emmy Awards on April 30. Three other programs aired on MPBN have also been nominated. In total, six programs and 12 individuals have received nominatio...

WEST SUMNER — Allium Farm Greenhouse, Gardens and Farm Stand is holding a grand opening party from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, May 25-26, at 1132 Main St., Route 219, in the village. There will be door prizes, a raffle, special discounts and refreshments. A limited supply of organ...

FREEPORT — L.L. Bean's grandson Leon Gorman is retiring as chairman of the outdoors retailer after more than a half-century as the company's chairman or CEO, but the privately held firm is keeping the position in the family. The Maine-based outdoors retailer informed its 5,000 f...

BREWER — At first glance, the scene at the Penobscot Salmon Club on Friday seemed like old times: Trucks packed the small parking lot. Fishermen complained about the cold mid-May weather. This, however, is a different kind of fishing. There is no Atlantic salmon season on the ...

FARMINGTON — The American Hospital Association, in partnership with the Maine Hospital Association, recently awarded Rebecca Ryder, president and CEO of Franklin Memorial Hospital, with the AHA Grassroots Champion Award. Ryder is being recognized for her exceptional leadership in gen...